Charles H. Houston

CTL-E-1485 · Person · other · 1920s-1950s

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Civil-rights lawyer; vice-dean of Howard University School of Law; first special counsel to the NAACP; architect of the legal strategy that dismantled Jim Crow.

The record

Also known as: Charles Hamilton Houston

Relationships

Chicago Conference on Racial Restrictive Covenants (1945) — related to
Houston spoke at the 1945 Chicago conference of lawyers strategizing the attack on racial restrictive covenants.
Howard University — affiliated with
Charles H. Houston served as vice-dean of Howard University School of Law from 1929 to 1935.
Hurd v. Hodge (1948) — related to
Houston argued Hurd v. Hodge (1948), the companion to Shelley v. Kraemer barring enforcement of racial covenants in D.C.
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938) — related to
Houston led the NAACP litigation in Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, decided by the Supreme Court in 1938.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) — affiliated with
Houston served as the NAACP's first special counsel from 1935 to 1940.

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Thurgood Marshall — related to → this record

Sources

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