1847George B. Vashon became the first African-American to be admitted to the New York State Bar. Vashon, a Pennsylvania-born abolitionist, became the first black graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio. After studying the law for two years in Pittsburgh under Judge Walter Forward, he applied to the Allegheny County Bar, but he was denied admission on the grounds that black people were not citizens. However, Vashon took the bar exam in New York and passed.1994Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleaded guilty to passing U.S …