"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

Charles Hamilton Houston (1895 - 1950)
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About Charles Hamilton Houston

Charles Hamilton Houston was a prominent African American lawyer and civil rights activist. Known as 'The Man Who Killed Jim Crow,' Houston played a pivotal role in dismantling segregation and paving the way for the Brown v. Board of Education decision. He dedicated his legal career to fighting racial injustice through strategic litigation and played a key role in training a generation of civil rights lawyers. Houston's work laid the foundation for the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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