Facts: - death place: washington , d.c. - death date: 22 april 1950 - birth date: 3 september 1895 - name: charles hamilton houston - image size: 120px - occupation: lawyer - birth place: washington , d.c. - nationality: united states - alma mater: amherst college harvard law school Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles hamilton houston .
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charles hamilton houston -lrb- september 3 , 1895 -- april 22 , 1950 -rrb- was a prominent african-american lawyer , dean of howard university law school , and naacp litigation director who played a significant role in dismantling the jim crow laws , which earned him the title '' the man who killed jim crow '' .he is also well known for having trained future supreme court justice thurgood marshall .