We Stand on Their Shoulders: The Lives and Legacies of Texas’ Earliest Black Lawyers

9:00 AM

Sponsored by Texas Supreme Court Historical Society

Session Chair Thomas S. Leatherbury, President, Texas Supreme Court Historical Society (2021-2022)

Commentator David A. Furlow, Emeritus Editor, Journal of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society

Presentations by Hon. John G. Browning, "William A. Price: From a Legacy of ‘Firsts’ to a Civil Rights Milestone," Editor-in-Chief, Texas Supreme Court Historical Society Journal; Hon. Carolyn Wright, "John N. Johnson: Texas’ First Civil Rights Lawyer," Former Chief Justice (ret.) of the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas