[So….the National Bar Association is NOT the American Bar Association. You might have known this - but I did not realize there was a racist black bar that is separate. It's like the Congressional Black Caucus. Why should there be one.]

The History of the National Bar Association

The National Bar Association was founded when segregation and discrimination based on race were permissible under the law, including the “separate but equal” jurisprudence of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). There was no effective organization of lawyers promoting equal justice under the law and protecting Black Americans’ human and civil rights.

Because Black lawyers were excluded from membership in the American Bar Association (“ABA”) and most local majority bar associations across the country, 12 black lawyers met in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 1, 1925, to spearhead the establishment of a national network of black lawyers committed to the pursuit of equal justice under law. They founded the National Bar Association.

https://nationalbar.org/nba-history/