Separate Is Not Equal - Brown v. Board of Education

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Segregated America
The Battleground
Legal Campaign
  • Howard University
  • Charles Hamilton Houston
  • Preparing for Struggle
  • The NAACP
  • NAACP’s Legal Team
  • “Mr. Civil Rights”
  • Targeting Higher Education
  • Power of Precedent
  • Turning Point
Five Communities Change a Nation
The Decision
Legacy
Portable Typewriter

Portable Typewriter

Travel was an essential part of being an NAACP lawyer. With this portable typewriter, Charles Houston crisscrossed the country to research and document racial bias and unfair treatment of blacks.
(Lent by Charles Hamilton Houston Jr.)

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Miniature photograph

Miniature photograph

As Charles Hamilton Houston researched the cases, he created a visual record of his observations with still and moving images. He used this information to formulate his legal strategies.
(Lent by Charles Hamilton Houston Jr.)

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Miniature photograph

Miniature photograph

As Charles Hamilton Houston researched the cases, he created a visual record of his observations with still and moving images. He used this information to formulate his legal strategies.
(Lent by Charles Hamilton Houston Jr.)

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Miniature photograph

Miniature photograph

As Charles Hamilton Houston researched the cases, he created a visual record of his observations with still and moving images. He used this information to formulate his legal strategies.
(Lent by Charles Hamilton Houston Jr.)

Back to A New Legal Team at the NAACP

Miniature photograph

Miniature photograph

As Charles Hamilton Houston researched the cases, he created a visual record of his observations with still and moving images. He used this information to formulate his legal strategies.
(Lent by Charles Hamilton Houston Jr.)

Back to A New Legal Team at the NAACP