October 11, 1956 Debra Martin Chase, lawyer and movie producer, was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, but raised in Pasadena, California. Chase earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1977 and her Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree from Harvard Law School in 1981. Chase practiced law during the 1980s before joining the […]
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October 11th in African American History – Spottswood William Robinson, III
October 11, 1998 Spottswood William Robinson, III, educator, civil rights attorney, and judge, died. Robinson was born July 26, 1916 in Richmond, Virginia. He earned his undergraduate degree from Virginia Union University in 1936 and in 1939 earned his Bachelor of Laws degree from Howard University, graduating first in his class and achieving the highest […]