TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 8 P43

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 8 P43 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 408 ROBINSON V. CALIFORNIA Union University and received his . degree from Howard University School of Law in 1939. He joined the Howard Law School faculty immediately after graduation and served as a professor of law until 1948. Robinson was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1943. During his years at Howard Robinson worked with the dean of the law school Charles Hamilton Houston and other professors and Howard Law School graduates in a concerted effort to end racial segregation in public schools. As counsel to the Virginia branch of the NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND from 1948 to 1950 Robinson pursued legal action against Virginia s segregated education system. He continued this legal attack on the separate-but-equal doctrine as the NAACP Southeast Regional counsel in 1951 a position he retained until 1960. The NAACP s litigation ultimately led to the momentous decision of BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION 347 . 483 74 S. Ct. 686 98 L. Ed. 873 1954 which struck down the separate-but-equal doctrine and struck down state-mandated segregation of public schools. Robinson established a private law practice in 1955 but returned to Howard Law School in 1960 to become its dean. During this period he also served as a member of the . COMMISSION on civil rights. In 1963 Robinson became vice president and general counsel of Consolidated Bank and Trust Company where he served until he was appointed to the . District Court for the District of Columbia in 1964. In November 1966 President lyndon Johnson appointed Robinson to the . Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was the first African-American to be appointed to that court. Robinson served as chief judge of the court from May 1981 to July 1986. He took senior status on September 1 1989 and retired in 1992. Robinson died in Richmond Virginia on october 11 1998. RESOURCES Biographies The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 1996. George Washington Law Review

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