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Jack Greenberg was an American attorney and legal scholar who played a significant role in the 20th-century civil rights movement. At age 27, he was one of the lawyers who argued the landmark 1954 desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education before the US Supreme Court. He succeeded Thurgood Marshall as the second director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, holding the position from 1961 to 1984.
Later in his career, he became a professor at Columbia Law School and dean of Columbia College.
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What role did Jack Greenberg have in Brown v. Board of Education?
Greenberg worked on the NAACP Legal Defense Fund team that litigated the consolidated school-desegregation cases decided as Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. Thurgood Marshall led the legal team before Greenberg later succeeded him.
When did Jack Greenberg take over the NAACP Legal Defense Fund?
Greenberg became director-counsel in 1961 after Thurgood Marshall left the position. He led the organization for more than two decades during major battles over education, employment, and voting rights.
Which other major civil-rights case did Jack Greenberg argue?
Greenberg participated in landmark litigation including Griggs v. Duke Power Co. The Supreme Court's 1971 decision in Griggs addressed employment practices that had an unjustified discriminatory effect.
Did Jack Greenberg teach law after leading the Legal Defense Fund?
Yes. Greenberg became closely associated with Columbia Law School, where he taught and helped develop clinical legal education.
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