Clement G. Morgan, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Clement G. Morgan

African-American lawyer and civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1859

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1929

Profession: lawyer, politician, barber, activist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Clement Garnett Morgan (1859-1929) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and city official of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Born into slavery in Virginia and freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, he trained as a barber before moving to Massachusetts to pursue his education.
He was the first African American to earn degrees from both Harvard University and its law school; the first African American to deliver Harvard's senior class oration; and the first black alderman in New England.
As an attorney he handled many civil rights cases, in one instance closing down a segregated school.
He was a founding member of the Niagara Movement and of the Boston branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.