Houston left Howard University to serve as the first general counsel He played a pivotal role in nearly every Supreme Court civil rights case in the two decades before the landmark Brown v. He also mentored a generation of young Black lawyers, including Thurgood Marshall, who would go on to become a United States Supreme Court justice. Later, as dean of the Howard University Law School, Houston expanded the part-time program into a full-time curriculum. After graduating from Harvard with a Doctor of Laws degree in 1923 and studying at the University of Madrid in 1924, Houston was admitted to the District of Columbia bar and joined forces with his father in practicing law. in 1919 and entered Harvard Law School, becoming the first Black student to be elected to the editorial board of the Harvard Law Review.

I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back.' 'The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. Army, where he served as a First Lieutenant in World War I in France, made him determined to study law and use his time 'fighting for men who could not strike back.' Houston's experience in the racially segregated U.S. All our struggles must tie in together and support one another.We must remain on the alert and push the struggle farther with all our might.' Early years 'This fight for equality of educational opportunity (was) an isolated struggle. The legal brilliance used to undercut the 'separate but equal' principle and champion other civil rights cases earned Houston the moniker 'The Man Who Killed Jim Crow.' The first general counsel of NAACP, Charles Hamilton Houston exposed the hollowness of the 'separate but equal' doctrine and paved the way for the Supreme Court ruling outlawing school segregation.

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