Houston, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950

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African American attorney, educator, and advocate of civil rights and educational desegregation; vice-dean, Howard University School of Law (1929-1935).

From the description of Papers, 1857-1950 ; (bulk 1922-1950). (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941394

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William LePre Houston

1870, May 14 Born, Mound City, Ill. 1890 Passed Civil Service exam and hired as a clerk in the War Department Record and Pension Office 1891 Married Mary Ethel Hamilton 1892 Graduated, Howard University Law School, Washington, D.C. 1906 1909 Grand Master of Odd Fellows in the United States 1909 Resigned clerk position 1910 Began independent law practice Began teaching academic law, night school, Howard University, Washington D.C. 1915 Cofounder, Supreme Order of the Helpers 1921 1924 Appointed to District of Columbia Board of Education 1924 With son, Charles Hamilton Houston, formed law firm of Houston & Houston 1937 Appointed special assistant to United States Attorney General 1953, Sept. 9 Died, Washington, D.C.

Charles Hamilton Houston

1895, Sept. 3 Born, Washington, D.C. 1915 Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 1918 1919 Army service during World War I 1922 LL.B, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. 1923 S.J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. 1923 1924 Studied civil law, Sheldon Fellowship, University of Madrid, Spain 1924 Passed District of Columbia bar Married Margaret Gladys Moran (divorced 1938) 1924 1950 Practiced law with his father in the firm Houston & Houston, later Houston, Houston, Hastie & Waddy 1924 1935 Faculty member, Howard University Law School, Washington, D.C., including stints as professor, vice dean, and chief administrative officer 1935 1940 Special counsel to NAACP 1938 Married Henrietta Williams Argued Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada before United States Supreme Court 1950, Apr. 22 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the William LePre Houston Family Papers, 1777-1936, (bulk 1890-1936), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Segregation in education


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World War, 1914-1918


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