A Citizen of Fine SpiritPosted in Articles, Biography, History, Law, Media Archive, United States on 2016-07-12 23:55Z by Steven |
William Mitchell Magazine
Volume 18, Issue 2, Fall 2000
pages 2-6
Douglas R. Heidenreich, Emeritus Professor of Law
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota Historical Society
William T. Francis was (1869-1929), by most measures, the most successful of the early African American alumni of William Mitchell College of Law’s predecessor law schools. Francis was a skilled lawyer, an adroit politician, a popular orator, a vigorous crusader for human and civil rights, and a respected U.S. diplomat.
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