Hong Yen Chang , who died in 19th Century , was a talented lawyer who graduated with top marks from Colombia . He fought all his life to practise law , but was barred in California due to legislation banning ' a person of Mongolian nativity ' from the profession . Now the California Supreme Court has granted him a posthumous license , saying 'even if we can not undo history , we can acknowledge it '
Hong Yen Chang , who died in 1926 , was a talented lawyer who graduated with top marks from Colombia . He fought all his life to practise law , but was barred in California due to legislation banning ' a person of Mongolian nativity ' from the profession . Now the California Supreme Court has granted him a posthumous license , saying 'even if we can not undo history , we can acknowledge it '