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Maryland’s Supreme Court is set to take a step toward rectifying the state’s racist past, recognizing that Edward Garrison Draper should have been the state’s first Black lawyer when he applied in 1857.

A Baltimore judge declared that Draper, who should have been the state’s first Black attorney when he applied in 1857, […] The post Edward Garrison Draper, prominent Black legal figure, to be posthumously admitted to Maryland state bar appeared first on TheGrio.

Edward Garrison Draper should have become a practicing Maryland attorney in 1857. Now, a new effort could get him posthumously admitted to the Maryland bar.

The word “guano” originates from the Andean indigenous language Quechua, which refers to any form of dung used as an agricultural fertilizer. Archaeological evidence suggests that Andean people collected guano from small islands and points off the desert coast of Peru for use as a soil amendment for well over 1,500 years and perhaps as long as 5,000 years. Spanish colonial documents suggest that the rulers of the Inca Empire greatly valued guano, restricted access to it, and punished ...