against persons charged with assault and murder of colored citizens, and destruction of property. In 1922, he was appointed resident counsel for Liberia; appraiser in the inheritance tax division of Cook County; and appointed assistant state's attorney for the habeas corpus department of the state's attorney's office. 1923: Willis E. Mollison, a journalist, orator, and a private practitioner, was a migrant from Vicksburg, Miss. He attended Fisk University and Oberlin College, and while studying law in the offices of Judge Jeffords, was elected chancery and circuit court clerk in Mayersville, Mississippi. He edited the Mayersville Spectator, the only newspaper in the county. After moving to Chicago, he practiced law with his son and served on numerous boards, among which were the Universal Forum Society and the Anthropological Society. 1924–25: Champion J. Waring, a senior member of the bar, rallied members of the association to actively support the election of Albert B. George, as the first black jurist to be elected to the Municipal Court. Waring aided and encouraged the launching of the National Bar Association and hosted the 2nd annual meeting in Chicago in 1926. Waring increased the financial members in the association to 63. In a show of confidence by the Chicago Bar Association, their grievance committee sent all grievances involving members of the CCBA to the CCBA Grievance Committee. 1926–27: C. Francis Stradford. During his presidency, the paid membership from 63 to 108. Stradford, a graduate of Oberlin College and Columbia University Law School, was active in Chicago's 2nd ward. After completing his term as CCBS he went on to serve as President of the National Bar Association. The 2nd Annual meeting of the NBA, held in 1926, was held in Chicago. The public meeting held after the convention featured an address given by Edward H. Wright, who was then a member of the Commerce Commission, and 2nd Ward committeeman. 1928–29: A. M. Burroughs. He created a judiciary committee to investigate and recommend candidates for endorsement by the association. Burroughs informed the members of the range of offices and positions held by CCBA members, as follows: Judge of the Municipal Court; six corporation counsels; four state representatives; two city prosecutors; one special attorney general; 13 state's attorneys; one city attorney; one attorney general; one alderman; one assistant to the judge of the court of domestic relations; and one assistant United States attorney. Members in the private sector were