Wilkerson through the years

Background Wilkerson was born in Pine Bluff, Ark., in 1954 and was raised in Springfield, Mass. She obtained a law degree at the Boston College Law School. In 1991, she was the 'first African American female to obtain a partnership in a major Boston law firm,' according to her campaign website. She then became a counsel for the local chapter of the NAACP.

Background

Wilkerson was born in Pine Bluff, Ark., in 1954 and was raised in Springfield, Mass. She obtained a law degree at the Boston College Law School. In 1991, she was the "first African American female to obtain a partnership in a major Boston law firm," according to her campaign website. She then became a counsel for the local chapter of the NAACP.
(Globe staff/Bill Brett)

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