Betty Reynolds Cobb

In 1916, Minnie Anderson Hale, Cobb, and Mary C. Johnson were respectively admitted in the state of Georgia to practice law.

[2] Cobb received a high school diploma but never completed the formal, official training to become a lawyer.

[3] Before passing the bar exam, she pursued a career in teaching and earned a living as Associate Editor of the newspaper, Carroll Free Press.

[5] Every year, outstanding students of the University of West Georgia are awarded the Betty Reynolds Cobb scholarship.

[3] Betty’s newfound knowledge and interest in law led her to believe that she was well-prepared to take the Georgia State Bar Exam.

[3] Georgia waited many years after women were first permitted to be attorneys to grant them their right to sit for the bar exam.

[3][7] The book was illustrated by John E. Cramer, Jr.[7] The life and southern culture of Carrollton, Georgia, inspired her to write the short story having a Negro, African American boy as the main character.

[3] "Little Boy Black" consists of nine short stories: "Little Boy Black", "Ol' Master", "Love and Politics", "Aunt Savannah's White Folks", "Uncle Lige Pleads His Own Case", "The Owl Foretells a Parting", "The Coward", "Miss Julie's Ring", and "Counsel for Defense".