Draft:William R. Morris (attorney)

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William Richard Morris Sr. (1859-December 13, 1928) was an attorney and activist in the United States. He and two other attorneys were kicked out of the American Bar Association (ABA) after the group realized they were Black. The ABA imposed a rule that applicants must disclose their "race". The New York Times headlined their August 1912 article on the events "Negro Lawyer Out of Bar Association".

He was a Fisk University faculty member from 1884-1889. He moved to Minneapolis in 1889 and became the first Black lawyer in Hennepin County, Minnesota. He served as Executive Chairman of the Minneapolis NAACP. He founded the Afro-American Law Enforcement League in Minneapolis. He was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota.

Further readings

 * "Hon. William Richard Morris" Wisconsin Weekly Advocate January 25, 1906, page 1
 * "Funeral services for William Morris, Sr." Inter-State Tattler December 28, 1928, page 13