We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.
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Showing all text quotesBirth: | 3rd September, 1895 |
Death: | 22nd April, 1950 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Lawyer |
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Charles Hamilton Houston was born in Washington, D.C. He was an American lawyer, Dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP Litigation Director who played a significant role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws, which earned him the title "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow". As the U.S. entered World War I, he joined the then racially segregated U.S. Army as an officer and was sent to France. He returned to the U.S. in 1919, and began attending Harvard Law School. He was a member of the Harvard Law Review and graduated cum laude. Houston was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
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