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George W. F. McMechen (1871–1961) was a prominent African-American lawyer in Baltimore. Along with his brother-in-law William Ashbie Hawkins he was a leading advocate for African-American civil rights. McMehen was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. He first began his law practice in Evansville, Indiana. McMechen received his bachelor's degree from what is now Morgan State University and a law degree from Yale Law School. He married Anna Lee Mason of Sparta, Illinois in 1900. In 1904 he moved to Baltimore and was admitted to the Maryland bar. The McMechen's family move in 1909 to a majority white neighborhood in northwest Baltimore prompted the passing of a law forbidding African-Americans from moving to blocks that were more than 50% white, and vice versa. The city government pioneered statutes that legally sanctioned segregation in housing.〔Suzanne Ellery Greene. "Black Republicans on the Baltimore City Council, 1890-1931." ''Maryland Historical Magazine''〕 He was on the governing board of Morgan State University starting in 1921. He was also the first African-American on the board of school commissioners of Baltimore. The business and economics building at Morgan State University is named for him. There is also a combined high school/middle school in Baltimore named for him. ==Sources== *(Smithsonian article on his nephew Red Thunder Cloud ) *(Maryland government article on McMechen ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George W. F. McMechen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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