Grimes, Vernette C.

Details
Ethnicity: African American/Black
Professional Facts
Legal Education:
Nashville-Kent College of Law
Firsts:
African-American woman to pass a written Tennessee State Bar Examination
Woman to graduate from Kent's law school
Second African-American woman to graduate from a law school in Tennessee
Further Research Materials

References:
Smith, J. Clay (John Clay), Emancipation : The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press (1993)