Edith S. Sampson Esq.
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On August 24, 1950, Edith S. Sampson became the first African American to be named as a delegate to the United Nations. Edith was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and later married and moved to Chicago where she graduated from Law School in 1925. She opened her own law office in Southside Chicago to serve the black community in 1924. In 1934, she was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court and in 1943, she became one of the first black members of the National Association of Women Lawyers. In 1950, President Truman appointed her as an alternate U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
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