Everett J. Waring

Biography

Everett J. Waring (May 22, 1859 – September 2, 1914) was the first African-American person admitted to the Maryland State Bar Association in 1885 and the Supreme Court Bench of Baltimore on October 10, 1885. He practiced before the Supreme Court of the United States and the Maryland State Appellate Court. Representing the African American men who violently rebelled against inhumane treatment, low pay, and high costs after being lured to mine guano on Navassa Island, Waring was the first African American lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court in Jones v.

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