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- Title
SHAPING FREEDOM'S COURSE.
- Authors
Poch, Robert K.
- Abstract
The article discuses African American attorney and former Howard University School of Law vice dean Charles Hamilton Houston and the role of Howard University in overturning legalized segregation in the U.S. during the 20th century. It examines Houston's leadership at Howard University School of law, his recruitment of faculty to the school, and faculty as civil rights attorneys. The article also discusses Houston's promotion of civil rights-related curricula and activities, the importance he placed on student knowledge of U.S. constitutional matters, and the application of instruction during court proceedings. The article also discusses then-Howard student Thurgood Marshall and his involvement in the 1933 case Commonwealth of Virginia v. George Crawford.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HOUSTON, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1950; HOWARD University. School of Law; SEGREGATION in the United States; CIVIL rights; AFRICAN American lawyers; AFRICAN American law school deans; LAW school curriculum; LAW schools -- Faculty; AMERICAN law; MARSHALL, Thurgood, 1908-1993; 20TH century United States history; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY; HISTORY of civil rights
- Publication
American Educational History Journal, 2012, Vol 39, Issue 1/2, p417
- ISSN
1535-0584
- Publication type
Article