biography
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Houston, Charles H(amilton)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1895–1950)
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| biography:
| Lawyer, born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He studied at Amherst College (1915) and Harvard Law School (1922), and taught and served as vice-dean at Howard University (1915–35) and practised law in Washington (1924–50). He initiated the strategy for many celebrated civil-rights cases brought before the US Supreme Court by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Through his position at Howard, he guided and inspired several generations of African-Americans who went on to prominent legal careers. |
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