{"id":17509,"date":"2022-02-28T12:52:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T17:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/james-campbell-matthews-a-black-history-month-profile\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T12:52:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T17:52:03","slug":"james-campbell-matthews-a-black-history-month-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/james-campbell-matthews-a-black-history-month-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"James Campbell Matthews, A Black History Month Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-132058 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Campbell-Matthews-FB-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>On the last day of Black History Month we&#8217;re celebrating James Campbell Matthews, the first African American to graduate from Albany Law School!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Originally from New Haven, CT, he moved to Albany and graduated from Albany Academy (1864), then from Albany Law School (1870).<\/li>\n<li>He worked as a clerk then a bookkeeper at the Congress Hotel, under Adam Blake, Jr.&#8217;s guidance (<a href=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/adam-blake-jr-a-black-history-month-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out our Adam Blake, Jr. post<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>In 1872, he won his first major lawsuit arguing against the City of Albany\u2019s School Board and forcing the city to desegregate its public schools.<\/li>\n<li>In 1895, he was elected Judge of Albany&#8217;s Recorder\u2019s Court, becoming the first black judge in New York State.<\/li>\n<li>In 2018, Albany Law School established the James Campbell Matthews Black History Month Lecture, in his honor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In solidarity,<\/p>\n<p>Kayla Miller<br \/>\nTechnical Assistant<br \/>\nOffice of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:k.miller1@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">k.miller1@hvcc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:52:03 +0000 by\u00a0k.miller1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On the last day of Black History Month we&#8217;re celebrating James Campbell Matthews, the first African American to graduate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}