On April 22, 1950, Charles Hamilton Houston passed away at age 54 in Washington, D.C. Often referred to as “The Man Who Killed Jim Crow,” Houston was the chief architect of the NAACP’s legal strategy to dismantle racial segregation in the United States. As dean of Howard University Law School, he trained a generation of civil rights lawyers—including Thurgood Marshall—and laid the foundation for landmark cases like Brown v. Board of Education. His work methodically challenged segregation in education, housing, and public institutions, using the law as a powerful tool for racial justice.
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