Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1908, July 2 | Born, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1929 | Married Vivian G. Burey (died 1955) |
| 1930 | A.B., Lincoln University, Chester, Pa. |
| 1933 | L.L.B., Howard University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1933-1937 | Practiced law in Baltimore, Md. |
| 1934 | Counsel for the Baltimore, Md., branch of the NAACP |
| 1936-1938 | Assistant special counsel for the NAACP |
| 1938-1950 | Special counsel for the NAACP |
| 1940-1961 | Executive director and general counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund |
| 1946 | Received the Spingarn Medal |
| 1951-1953 | Visited Japan and Korea to investigate court-martial cases involving African American soldiers |
| 1954 | Argued the case of Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court and won the decision outlawing racially segregated public schools |
| 1955 | Married Cecilia A. Suyat |
| 1961-1965 | Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| 1965-1967 | United States Solicitor General |
| 1967-1991 | Associate justice, United States Supreme Court |
| 1991 | Retired from the Supreme Court |
| 1993, Jan. 24 | Died, Washington, D.C. |