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Henry Avant was listed as an attorney in the Helena (Phillips County, Arkansas) City Directory during the period 1917-1924. He was admitted to practice by the state supreme court on February 7, 1921. Nothing else is known about him.
Sources: Judith Kilpatrick, “(EXTRA)Ordinary Men: African-American Lawyers and Civil Rights in Arkansas Before 1950,” 53 Ark. Law Rev. 299, 348 n354, 370 n532, 375 n592 (2000); Arkansas State Supreme Court Admissions Records; 1917-1924 Helena City Directory.