1928–2014
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Sumner H. Lark
1874–1931
United States
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Sumner H. Lark (1874 – June 26, 1931) was an American lawyer who was the second African American to be appointed as an Assistant District Attorney in the state of New York, although press coverage at the time of his appointment in January 1923 would incorrectly call him the first.
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