A leading American Bar Association — Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA) has announced its 40th anniversary celebrations in Accra.
The Association is a unified, citywide relationship of Black and other minority legal counselors in the New York metropolitan region, with members in every one of the five districts.
Established on July 5, 1984, the MBBA was created from the consolidation of the Harlem Lawyers Association and the Bedford Stuyvesant Lawyers Association.
As one of the biggest associations of Black lawyers in New York State, the MBBA proceeds with the rich tradition of its two predecessor organizations by giving a voice to Black legal experts in the communities it serves. In 2017, the Bronx Black Bar Association converged with the MBBA, fortifying its scope and impact in the precinct.
Today, the MBBA contains for the most part Black and minority lawyers in enormous and little law offices, solo practitioners, all levels of government, academia, corporations, financial institutions, not-for-profit organizations, and the judiciary.
Talking about the celebration, Mr. Carl Forbes Jr., President of the MBBA, said,
“We chose Ghana to mark our 40th anniversary celebration as a mark of respect and commemoration of our heritage, giving our members a chance to connect with our roots”.
“This trip has become a pilgrimage of sorts and allows us to also celebrate Ghana’s unique link with the United States and African Americans. After all, we know that the founding President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, was heavily influenced by his time in the United States, including significant periods in Harlem. So far, we have enjoyed the legendary hospitality of Ghana.”
The organizer of the excursion, Ms. Tanya Blocker additionally referenced that the Association will visit many areas in Ghana. She added that, the team will also live it up in Cape Coast. The Association will also remember its 40th anniversary achievement, to the day, on the fourth of July with a cocktail party with Ghanaian legal counselors and jurists.
Ghana is regarded as a key destination for tourism from the African Diaspora. It is especially well known with African Americans trying to interface with their legacy, by virtue of it saved verifiable antiquities.
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