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...killed Jim Crow, the beacon of the NAACP’s revolutionary crusade against segregation, and the architect of the historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling. And now, 55 years after his death, Harvard Law School (HLS) leaders hope they can finish what Charles Hamilton Houston set out to complete...
...courtroom packed with a veritable who’s who of the legal and academic communities, hundreds united in a day-long celebration of the opening of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, a new center dedicated to carrying forth the legacy of Houston by “identifying and defining the civil rights agenda for the coming generation...
...think that it is so significant that we can resurrect this legal giant in a way that makes sense,” said Ogletree, who is Climenko professor of law. “We are bringing Houston to life in the twenty-first century. That’s what this institute endeavors...
...Houston, a 1922 graduate of HLS, is known as a brilliant Supreme Court litigator who laid the groundwork necessary for the NAACP’s victory in the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case. At HLS, he was the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review. He went on to become dean of Howard Law School, where he oversaw the education of nearly a quarter of the nation’s African-American law students...
...Anxiety and exhaustion are evolving quickly into impatience and anger. New Orleans community leaders living inside the complex, helped by an advocacy network of Houston churches and schools, has gotten some 4,000 evacuees to sign a petition demanding immediate financial assistance; a long-term recovery package; streamlined procedures for obtaining services, and, smoother transition to homes away from mass shelters. Houston officials said that under a plan devised by local, county and federal housing authorities in conjunction with New Orleans government officials and the Houston Apartment Association, they expect to have moved the vast majority of evacuees...