ST. LOUIS — February is Black History Month, and Albert Burgess was St. Louis’ first African American lawyer. Here to tell us more about him and take us back to 1877 is Andy Crouppen, with Brown & Crouppen.
Andy starts by saying that Albert Burgess was not only the first African American lawyer is St. Louis, but most likely in the state of Missouri as well. He was from Detroit and had a father who was a laker, meaning he worked on the lake. His father was injured in an explosion, so he was no longer able to work as a laker. He then went to work at City Hall. Albert would go to work with his father, and he developed an interest in the court system and procedure.
As far as Albert’s legal education, Andy says that he attended the University of Michigan. After he was done with school Albert found that in St. Louis there were black residents in need of a lawyer, so he made the move to help them. Albert had a great career here in St. Louis from working in the prosecutor’s office to opening his own private practice.
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