He became an attorney among the second generation of African - American lawyers in the state , with a practice in the state capital of Jackson .
Perry Wilbon Howard was born in Ebenezer in 1877 to African - American parents who had been enslaved .
Perry Wilbon Howard became an attorney among the second generation of African - American lawyers in the state , with a practice in the state capital of Jackson .
Perry Wilbon Howard was born in Ebenezer in 1877 to African - American parents who had been enslaved .