Charles Hamilton Houston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles Hamilton Houston
American lawyer
Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1895
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Date of Death: 22-Apr-1950
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Charles Hamilton Houston
- Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950) was a prominent African-American lawyer, Dean of Howard University Law School, and NAACP first special counsel, or Litigation Director.
- A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Houston played a significant role in dismantling Jim Crow laws, especially attacking segregation in schools and racial housing covenants.
- He earned the title "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow".Houston is also well known for having trained and mentored a generation of black attorneys, including Thurgood Marshall, future founder and director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
- He recruited young lawyers to work on the NAACP's litigation campaigns, building connections between Howard's and Harvard's university law schools.
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