Charles Hamilton Houston and the Supreme Court Justices He Knew with Professor Jose Anderson

In celebration of Law Day 2024, the Society is hosting Professor José Anderson, the author of Genius for Justice, to discuss Charles Hamilton Houston and the Supreme Court Justices He Knew on April 30, 2024, at noon in a virtual lecture.
Charles Hamilton Houston was the first special counsel for the NAACP and the Dean of the Howard University Law School. He was a mentor and colleague of Thurgood Marshall. During his path-breaking career, he helped develop the strategies the NAACP Legal Defense Fund used to dismantle discriminatory laws and argued several cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. During his life and career, he interacted with several Supreme Court Justices and this lecture will examine his interactions with them, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Felix Frankfurter, and Tom Clark.