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Charles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) was an American civil rights lawyer, educator, and advocate. He is best known for his work as the chief legal strategist of the NAACP in the 1930s and 1940s, and for developing the legal strategy that led to the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954). He was instrumental in creating the legal framework that dismantled Jim Crow and segregation in the United States.
Walter White (1893-1955) was an American civil rights activist and leader who served as the executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1931 to 1955. During his tenure, he was instrumental in gaining equal rights for African Americans by pushing for anti-lynching laws, overturning segregation in the armed forces, and challenging segregation in public schools. He was also a key figure in the desegregation of public transportation, won the Supreme Court case of Morgan v. Virginia (1946) which outlawed segregation on interstate buses, and the groundbreaking case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
Charles Hamilton Houston and Walter White were two influential civil rights pioneers who were honored with a joint stamp in 2009. Houston was a lawyer and dean of Howard University Law School who played a key role in dismantling segregation through the legal system. White was the executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1931 to 1955 and fought for civil rights through lobbying, litigation, and publicity campaigns. The stamp features their portraits side by side, along with a photograph of the Supreme Court building and the words “Civil Rights Pioneers” at the top.
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