July 26, 1916 Spottswood William Robinson III, educator, civil rights attorney, and judge, was born in Richmond, Virginia. Robinson earned his undergraduate degree from Virginia Union University in 1936 and in 1939 he received his law degree from Howard University, graduating first in his class and achieving the highest scholastic average in the history of [...]
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July 26th in African American History – Spottswood William Robinson III
By Chimsima Zuhri on July 26, 2012 in African American History, Civil Rights, Education, July, Law
Tags: Brown v. Board of Education, Chief Judge, Circuit Court, civil rights, civil rights attorney, Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, District of Columbia, educator, faculty, Howard University, judge, lawyer, Legal Defense and Education Fund, NAACP, US Court of Appeals, Us District Court, Virginia Union University
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