Tag: Lila A. Fenwick

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Harvard Law School’s First Black Woman Graduate Dies at 87 From COVID-19

Lila A. Fenwick, the first Black woman to graduate from Harvard Law School, died on April 4 from coronavirus-related complications, reported The New York Times. She was 87. Born in Manhattan on May 24, 1932, Fenwick was the daughter of Trinidadian immigrants, Hilda and John Fenwick. According to the Times, Fenwick knew she wanted to be […]

April 13, 2020