"Had I anything to do with the negro, I would confine them by strict law to their own species, and put them on a national equalization." (Source: Joseph Fielding Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 270 (Deseret Book 1979)). Thus, although the "national equalization" was ...
1921: Jasper Alston Atkins becomes the first Black editor on the Yale Law Review. 1925: Clara Burrill Bruce becomes the African-American editor in chief on the Boston University Law Review. 1925: Elbert Frank Cox becomes the first Black to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, earning his degree fr...