Cook County Bar Association

CTL-E-1230 · Organization · professional · 1914-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Founded 1914 by Black lawyers (Edward H. Wright, first president; Ida Platt, first Black woman licensed in Illinois, among the founders). The CCBA organized defense of Blacks charged during the 1919 riots — the professional infrastructure of the Black bar.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001, ECON-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-ECON-001:ECON-018, CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-025; source research type(s): organization, professional association.

Sources

Wikipedia
Cook County Bar Association, 'Our History.' http://www.cookcountybar.org/our-history
Cook County Board of Commissioners, Resolution honoring the CCBA centennial (2014). https://cook-county.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2167467&GUID=1C904071-3D2F-4919-83D3-69ACFFBEE2D6&Options=&Search=&FullText=1 (primary source)
cookcountybar.org, 'Our History' (official)

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