Attorneys

Belton v. Gebhart (Bulah v. Gebhart)

Delaware State Court, Wilmington, Delaware

 

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  Thurgood Marshall

  Thurgood Marshall led a life in the pursuit of equality, and was on a path destined to lead him to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More...

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  Louis Redding

  The first African American admitted to the Delaware bar, Louis Redding was part of the NAACP legal team that challenged school segregation.

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  Jack Greenberg

  As the first white attorney for the NAACP, Jack Greenberg helped to argue Brown v. Board of Education at the U.S. Supreme Court level.

 

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Bolling v. Sharpe

U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C.

 

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  Thurgood Marshall

  Thurgood Marshall led a life in the pursuit of equality, and was on a path destined to lead him to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More...

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  George E.C. Hayes

  George E.C. Hayes was responsible for starting the oral argument of Bolling v. Sharpe, the case which originated in the District of Columbia

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  Charles Hamilton Houston

  Houston developed a "Top-Down" integration strategy, and became known as "The Man Who Killed Jim Crow" for his desegregation work.

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  James Nabrit, Jr.

  Nabrit took over Charles Hamilton Houston's work on the Bolling v. Sharpe case which went to the U.S. Supreme Court alongside four others.

 

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Briggs et al c. Elliott et al.

U.S. District Court, Eastern Division, Charleston, South Carolina

 

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  Thurgood Marshall

  Thurgood Marshall led a life in the pursuit of equality, and was on a path destined to lead him to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More...

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  Robert Carter

  Carter was part of the legal team that developed the NAACP’s strategy for ending segregation.

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  Harold R. Boulware

  Harold Boulware served as the chief counsel for the South Carolina NAACP chapter and was instrumental in the Briggs case.

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  Spottswood Robinson III

  Instrumental in the Davis case, Robinson went on to become the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

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  Arthur Shores

  After working with Charles H. Houston, Shores went on to argue the Lucy v. Adams case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

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Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County

U.S. District Court, Richmond, Virginia

 

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  Thurgood Marshall

  Thurgood Marshall led a life in the pursuit of equality, and was on a path destined to lead him to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More...

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  Oliver Hill

  Oliver Hill was assigned to the Davis case, and agreed to help them if they would try to integrate, not equalize the schools.

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  Spottswood Robinson III

  Instrumental in the Davis case, Robinson went on to become the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

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  Robert Carter

  Carter was part of the legal team that developed the NAACP’s strategy for ending segregation.

 

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Oliver L. Brown et al v. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

U.S. District Court, Topeka, Kansas

 

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  Thurgood Marshall

  Thurgood Marshall led a life in the pursuit of equality, and was on a path destined to lead him to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read More...

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  Robert Carter

  Carter was part of the legal team that developed the NAACP’s strategy for ending segregation.

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  Jack Greenberg

  As the first white attorney for the NAACP, Jack Greenberg helped to argue Brown v. Board of Education at the U.S. Supreme Court level.

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  Charles Scott

  Charles Scott worked to recruit plaintiffs willing to stand up to the school board while also researching and recruiting expert witnesses.

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  John Scott

  John Scott worked to recruit plaintiffs willing to stand up to the school board while also researching and recruiting expert witnesses.

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  Charles Bledsoe

  Charles Bledsoe worked to recruit plaintiffs willing to stand up to the school board while also researching and recruiting expert witnesses.