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Harvard Law Review Editors Go On To Do Some Great Things
Posted on Friday September 09, 2022

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

Who was the first Black Harvard Law Review editor?

Hint: He later became known as The Man Who Killed Jim Crow as the first NAACP special counsel.

See the answer on the next page.

Answer: Charles Hamilton Houston.

OTD: Charles Hamilton Houston was born in 1895 in Washington, D.C. 1st black @HarvLRev editor
and the @NAACP's 1st special counsel, Houston led the legal fight against state-sponsored racial segregation. He bent the arc toward justice. Every law student should know his name. pic.twitter.com/hLHGPzpIWw

— Brad Snyder (@bradsnyderprof) September 3, 2022

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