State Bar & Bar Associations
Oct. 22, 2016
LA black attorneys group celebrates milestone while looking ahead
The John M. Langston Bar Association may be celebrating its 25th annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony this weekend, but the organization's roots stretch back years longer.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The John M. Langston Bar Association may be celebrating its 25th annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony this weekend, but the organization's roots stretch back years.
The Los Angeles-based Langston Bar began as a "law club," in the 1920s, when African American lawyers were routinely snubbed by other bar associations.
Formerly known as the Blackstone Club, the or...
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