Edward Everett Wilson was an American lawyer born in Texas, on January 1, 1867.
Wilson was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society, one of the first African Americans to attain that honor.
Subsequently, he obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from Howard University in 1894.
Moving to Chicago, he filled the post of assistant state attorney for Cook County, Illinois, from 1912 until his retirement in 1947.
[1] "The Joys of Being a Negro," Atlantic Monthly (Boston, Mass), v. 97, Feb. 1906, pp.