William Henry Lewis
Former United States Assistant Attorney General
William Henry Lewis was an African-American pioneer in athletics, law and politics. Born in Virginia to freedmen, he graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he had been one of the first African-American college football players. Wikipedia
Born: November 28, 1868, Berkley, Norfolk, VA
Died: January 1, 1949 (age 80 years), Boston, MA
Previous offices: United States Assistant Attorney General (1911–1913), Massachusetts State Representative (1901–1903), and Member of the Cambridge Common Council (1899–1902)
Education: Harvard Law School, Amherst College, and Virginia State University