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Robert L. Carter (1917–2012) was an American civil rights lawyer who served as a leading attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He helped develop the legal strategy for *Brown v. Board of Education* (1954) and argued companion cases before the U.S.
Supreme Court that resulted in the end of legal segregation in public schools. In 1972 he was appointed a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District of New York, where he served for four decades until his death in 2012 at age 94.
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What did Robert L. Carter contribute to Brown v. Board of Education?
Carter worked with Thurgood Marshall and helped shape the legal strategy attacking segregation in public schools. He represented plaintiffs in Briggs v. Elliott, one of the five cases consolidated under Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
What other segregation cases did Robert L. Carter handle?
Carter participated in litigation against segregated education, transportation, and public facilities while working for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He also advised the lawyers in Browder v. Gayle, the case that ended legally mandated bus segregation in Montgomery.
When did Robert L. Carter become a federal judge?
President Richard Nixon appointed Carter to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1972. He remained on that court for decades and took senior status in 1986.
Did Robert L. Carter write about his civil-rights career?
Carter published his memoir A Matter of Law in 2005. It recounts his work as an NAACP attorney, his collaboration with Thurgood Marshall, and his later service on the federal bench.
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