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Charles Hamilton Houston [1895-1950] American
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Lawyer


Charles Hamilton Houston was a prominent African-American lawyer, Dean of Howard University Law School, and NAACP Litigation Director who played a significant role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws, which earned him the title "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow".


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We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.
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The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back.
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Christianity has always seemed to fight a losing battle against race.
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The race problem in the United States is the type of unpleasant problem which we would rather do without but which refuses to be buried.
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