Leroy J. Knox (LLB ’25, top row,
third from left) was the first
African American to graduate
with a law degree from Loyola
University Chicago. Frederic
Siedenburg, S.J. (bottom center),
became law school regent in
1921 and led the initiative to
diversify the student body.
PAVING THEWAY
for
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS
Loyola’s School of Law is committed to welcoming a
demographically varied student body. These early students
were pioneers in the law school’s drive for diversity.
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