Abraham Beverley Walker
Abraham Beverley Walker (23 August 1851 – 21 April 1909)[1] was a New Brunswick-born lawyer and journalist. He was the first black lawyer in New Brunswick, and the first black lawyer born in what is now Canada (Robert Sutherland having been born in Jamaica; when Walker was born, New Brunswick was part of British North America but Canada at the time only covered parts of modern Quebec and Ontario).[2]
Early life and education
Walker, who was of
Walker studied law at the National University Law School in Washington, DC, and later took law courses at Saint John Law School.[4]
Career
In 1882, Walker was called to the bar.
Walker was promised a
In 2019, Walker was successfully nominated to receive the Order of New Brunswick "for his inspiring achievements as Canada's first black lawyer admitted to the bar and for his commitment to civil rights in New Brunswick and across North America."[3]
References
- ^ UNB Law Journal. Vol. 47–48. Carswell Company for the UNB law journal. 1998. p. 367.
- ^ Mary Stokes. "Three "First" Black Lawyers in Canada: Robert Sutherland, Abraham Walker, Delos Davis". Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ a b c d MacKinnon, Bobbi-Jean (2019-08-11). "'Righting a wrong': 1st Canadian-born black lawyer named to Order of New Brunswick". CBC News.
- ^ a b c d Bissett, Kevin. "Canadian-born Black lawyer honoured a century after death"., Toronto Star, October 28, 2019. page A7.
- ISBN 978-1-4875-0253-9.
- ^ "Ground-breaking Canadian black lawyer Abraham Beverley Walker to be honoured finally in New Brunswick". The Globe and Mail, Kevin Bissett, October 27, 2019,
- ISBN 978-0-8020-0810-7.
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