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...motivated by that ancestral imperative. Randall Kennedy, a Harvard Law School professor and a former Marshall clerk, made this point obliquely in a remembrance of the Justice in Time when he noted that Marshall's civil rights colleagues--and personal heroes--included Walter White and Roy Wilkins, of the NAACP, William Hastie, the lawyer, diplomat and federal judge, and Charles Hamilton Houston, the legendary dean of Howard Law School...
...able to gaze at the home sites of prominent figures such as W.E.B. DuBois. His residence during his years at Harvard, 20 Flagg St., still stands as a reminder of the first Black to earn a doctorate and the founder of the Niagara Movement, the predecessor to the NAACP...
...wife and I spent an evening with Malcolm X. The Law School Forum was sponsoring a debate between him and the president of the Massachusetts NAACP on the future of the Negro in America. Malcolm X was highly controversial. A hundred or so of his supporters were to arrive by bus from New York and sit behind him on the stage. Sanders Theatre was expected to be packed. I had agreed to moderate the event. The evening started with a small dinner at the Harvard Faculty Club...
...Last night, Malcolm X's first speech was long and repetitive; his followers were silent. After his opponent...states the NAACP's case, the Muslim leader became more passionate ('You people wouldn't be here at Harvard if your forefathers hadn't said 'Liberty or Death'--we say the same thing')." --Paul S. Cowan...
Charles Hamilton Houston was the first Black person to serve as general counsel of the NAACP. Houston also attended Harvard Law School, where he received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1922 and a Doctor of Juridical Science degree...