Shropshire, Jackie Lamond
Jackie Lamond Shropshire was one of the Six Pioneers, the first Black students to attend the University of Arkansas School of Law. He was the first of the group to graduate and went on to have a distinguished legal career in Gary, Indiana. Jackie Shropshire was born on September 11, 1927, in Little Rock (Pulaski County), the youngest of three children of William Bruce Shropshire, who was a railroad worker, and Irene F. Bailey Shropshire, who was a teacher. All three of the Shropshire children gained national prominence in their careers: William Bruce Shropshire Jr. was a medical doctor in Atlanta, Georgia, and Thomas B. Shropshire was a top business executive at Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jackie Shropshire graduated …
