Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950

Authoritative Name:

Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950

Biography:

"Charles Hamilton Houston was the chief strategist of the NAACP's legal campaign that culminated in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision. In 1923 he became the first African American to earn a Doctor of Juridical Science degree at Harvard, where he studied under Felix Frankfurter." -- "With an Even Hand": Brown v. Board at Fifty Collection website, Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-segregation.html

Associated Subjects:

Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty

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Charles H. Houston to Walter White reporting on the progress of Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

Creator:

Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950

Date of Original:

1938-05-24

Collection:

With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty

Contributing Institution:

Library of Congress