Dennis Archer elected to become 1st black president of American Bar Association. (Newsmaker).

From: Jet | Date: September 2, 2002 | Copyright information

The American Bar Association recently picked a former big-city politician to break a 125-year tradition of White presidents.

Dennis Archer, a past Michigan Supreme Court justice and two-term mayor of Detroit, was elevated to president-elect of the 408,000-member association. He'll take his position as president in August 2003.

Archer pledged to emphasize diversity in the group, which remained mainly White 60 years after a ban on Black members was lifted in 1943...

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