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As the legal office for Maryland鈥檚 first female Black lawyer, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, and her husband, Clarence Mitchell Jr., an NAACP lobbyist, this office served as a major site for civil rights organizing in Baltimore.聽

As the daughter of prominent Baltimore civil rights activist Lillie Carroll Jackson, Juanita Jackson was instilled with her duty to fight for civil rights at a young age. By the age of 18, she was leading the 鈥淏uy Where You Can Work鈥� picketing campaigns organized by the City-Wide Young People鈥檚 Forum in Baltimore. Through the Young People鈥檚 Forum, she also met her future husband, Clarence Mitchell Jr., who served as vice president. The two would later marry in 1938 and become a powerful force for civil rights in the country.聽

Juanita鈥檚 leadership was noticed by national civil rights leaders, and she was soon recruited to organize the national youth movement for the NAACP. Partially due to her vision and efforts, the national NAACP began to adopt methods like sit-ins and pickets rather than solely focusing on legal efforts.聽

Juanita Jackson Mitchell pursued a law degree at the University of Maryland and passed the bar in 1950, becoming the first Black woman in the state to become a lawyer. As a practicing lawyer heavily involved in civil rights, Juanita noted that 鈥渓ots of lawyers wouldn鈥檛 even speak to me鈥� I was a troublemaker.鈥�

Juanita handled several important civil rights cases in Baltimore as an attorney. Her work led to a Supreme Court case that eliminated racial segregation in city and state beaches and swimming pools. She also worked with Thurgood Marshall to challenge school segregation in Baltimore, making it the first city in the South to desegregate following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

As a former student organizer, Juanita worked on the legal defense of student protestors in the 1960s, organizing sit-ins in the city and across the state, including defending those arrested in the protests in Cambridge, Gwynn Oak Park, and across 91桃色视频 City. She also argued a case that ruled that police could not enter private homes without warrants in 1966, a law that remains on the books in Maryland today.

Juanita shared the office with her husband, Clarence M. Mitchell. He served as a key lobbyist for the NAACP, earning him the title of the 鈥�101st Senator鈥� because of his influence in working towards key civil rights protections, including the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

This physical office was bought by Juanita in 1950 as she began practicing law. Because of her strong connections to the NAACP, this office was also used for the Baltimore NAACP鈥檚 legal work. After Juanita鈥檚 death in 1992, it remained in the ownership of Juanita鈥檚 son, Clarence Mitchell III, and was later used as offices for the Lillie Caroll Jackson Museum.

The Mitchell Family Law Office remains particularly valuable as the Baltimore NAACP鈥檚 historic office space was demolished in 2015. The site will be renovated as a hub for legal resources for the neighborhood, including housing the non-profit Rebuild, Overcome and Rise (ROAR), a center providing survivors of crime, violence, and harm with access to wraparound legal, case management, and mental health services.

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