death_place death_date birth_place birth_date known_for article_title education name
washington , dc 20 december 1968 fort worth , texas 1 july 1894 bolling v. sharpe george edward chalmer hayes
 brown law -lrb- 1918 -rrb- university -lrb- 1915 -rrb- howard university school of george edward chalmer hayes
george edward chalmer hayes

george edward chalmers hayes -lrb- july 1 , 1894 -- december 20 , 1968 -rrb- was a washington , dc lawyer who defended annie lee moss on march 11 , 1954 .
he was the lead attorney in bolling v. sharpe in 1954 .
in 1955 he became the first african american to serve on the district of columbia public utilities commission .
