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- Ruffin's legacy was honored in 1984, the year the Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society was founded. The group studies and promotes the advancement of minorities in criminal justice professions and within the Massachusetts criminal justice system.
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George Lewis Ruffin (December 16, 1834 – November 19, 1886) was an American barber, attorney, politician, and judge. In 1869, he graduated from Harvard Law School, the first African American to do so. He was also the first African American elected to the Boston City Council. [1]
The George Lewis Ruffin Society was established in 1984 and is now based at Northeastern University to support minorities studying in the Massachusetts criminal justice system. History The Society was founded in honor of George Lewis Ruffin, who was the first African American to graduate from Harvard Law School in 1869 and was later elected the ...
The records of the George Lewis Ruffin Society document the complicated racial tensions that existed in the criminal justice field and resulted in a racial imbalance in the Boston Police Department.
Ruffin's legacy was honored in 1984, the year the Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society was founded. The group studies and promotes the advancement of minorities in criminal justice professions and within the Massachusetts criminal justice system.
George’s legacy is honored through the George Lewis Ruffin Society, established in 1894 and now based at Northeastern University, to support minority professionals working in the...
Jan 19, 2007 · In his honor, the George Lewis Ruffin Society was founded at Northeastern University in 1984 to support minorities studying in the Massachusetts criminal justice system. Subjects: African American History , People
The George Lewis Ruffin Society was founded in 1984 in response to dwindling numbers of minority police officers in the Boston Police Department.
