African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC
1744 S Street, NWCharles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) was a legal theorist and mentor to an entire generation of African American lawyers. As Howard University School of Law's vice dean, the Harvard-educated Houston helped transform the school into an accredited program and center for reform-minded, activist lawyers.At the NAACP Houston worked with Thurgood Marshall and others to challenge discrimination in labor unions, workers' compensation, housing, higher education, jury selection, and access to public services. He laid the groundwork for the legal arguments in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and many other desegregation victories.Houston's parents William and Mary bought this house about 1924. He and wife Henrietta Williams Houston moved here about 1943.Caption:Charles Hamilton Houston in court.Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center,National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution| HM Number | HM1UDO |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Washington, D.C.: African American Heritage Trail series |
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| Placed By | Cultural Tourism DC |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 at 1:01pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 323059 N 4309214 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.91401667, -77.04083333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 54.841', W 77° 2.45' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 54' 50.46" N, 77° 2' 27" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 202 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1742 S St NW, Washington DC 20009, US |
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