William Hastie

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William Hastie was a pioneering African American jurist, civil rights advocate, and the first Black federal appellate judge in the United States.

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instanceOf civil rights advocate
human
judge
jurist
advocatedFor desegregation of public institutions
expansion of civil rights protections under U.S. law
racial equality in the U.S. military
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
describedBySource African American history scholarship
U.S. legal history literature
educatedAt Amherst College
Harvard Law School
employer Howard University
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States government
surface form: United States federal government
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Hastie
fieldOfWork civil rights law
constitutional law
public administration
givenName William
hasHonorificTitle Governor
Judge
influenced development of civil rights litigation strategies in the United States
languageSpoken English
memberOf Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
notableAchievement first Black federal appellate judge in U.S. history
influencing desegregation and equal protection jurisprudence
notableFor being the first African American federal appellate judge in the United States
leadership at Howard University School of Law
pioneering work in civil rights law
service as Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
notableRole mentor to generations of African American lawyers
occupation civil rights activist
civil servant
judge
law professor
lawyer
partOf American civil rights movement
surface form: African-American civil rights movement
positionHeld Dean of Howard University School of Law
Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands
sexOrGender male
workLocation Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Washington, D.C.

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Morgan v. Virginia involvedLawyer William Hastie
this entity surface form: William H. Hastie