In 1899, the University of Washington School of Law admits William McDonald Austin. He becomes the first Black graduate of the school.
Austin was a native of Barbados and came to Seattle from San Francisco.
University of Washington School of Law admits its first Black graduate in 1899.
- By Helen Lacy
- Posted 11/07/1998
- HistoryLink.org Essay 261
Sources:
Quintard Taylor, The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era (Seattle: University of Washngton Press, 1994), 31.
Note: This essay was corrected on June 24, 2011, to amend the date of Mr. Austin's admission to the law school.
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