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
surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
burialPlace Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1998-10-11
deathPlace Richmond, Virginia
surface form: Richmond, Virginia, United States
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 Black Americans
surface form: African American
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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 W. Robinson III
this entity surface form: Spottswood Robinson III
Spottswood W. Robinson III honor Spottswood W. Robinson III self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Federal Courthouse named in his honor