Spottswood W. Robinson III

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Spottswood W. Robinson III was a prominent civil rights attorney and federal judge who played a key role in the legal battles that led to school desegregation in the United States.

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instanceOf civil rights attorney ⓘ
federal judge ⓘ
person ⓘ
academicAdvisor Charles Hamilton Houston ⓘ
appointedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
barAdmission District of Columbia Bar ⓘ
Virginia Bar ⓘ
birthDate 1916-07-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Richmond, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Richmond, Virginia
burialPlace Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1998-10-11 ⓘ
deathPlace Richmond, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to: Richmond, Virginia
educatedAt Howard University School of Law ⓘ
Virginia Union University ⓘ
employer Howard University School of Law ⓘ
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
endTime 1966 ⓘ
1986 ⓘ
1989 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Robinson ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights law ⓘ
fullName Spottswood William Robinson III ⓘ
givenName Spottswood ⓘ
graduatedWithDegree LL.B. from Howard University School of Law ⓘ
honor Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Federal Courthouse named in his honor ⓘ
knownFor arguing Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ⓘ
litigating school desegregation cases ⓘ
participation in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
legacy pioneer in dismantling legal segregation in public education in the United States ⓘ
memberOf NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
notableAchievement first African American appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ
first African American to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
notableWork Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ
faculty member at Howard University School of Law ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
spouse Marian A. Robinson ⓘ
startTime 1964 ⓘ
1966 ⓘ
1981 ⓘ
workedOn civil rights litigation in Virginia ⓘ
school desegregation cases in Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ

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Briggs v. Elliott → NAACPLegalTeamInvolved → Spottswood W. Robinson III ⓘ
Howard University School of Law → notableAlumnus → Spottswood Robinson III ⓘ
linked to: Spottswood W. Robinson III
Spottswood W. Robinson III → honor → Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Federal Courthouse named in his honor ⓘ
linked to: Spottswood W. Robinson III
Spottswood W. Robinson III → name → Spottswood W. Robinson III ⓘ
subject linked to: Spottswood
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia → notableBurial → Spottswood W. Robinson III ⓘ
Marian A. Robinson → spouse → Spottswood W. Robinson III ⓘ