Dr. William H. Hastie

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lincoln_Cemetery,_Chicago
gptkb:the_March_on_Washington
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:NAACP
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Spingarn_Medal
Honorary Doctorate from Howard University
gptkbp:birth_date 1904-10-17
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_H._Hastie_Jr.
gptkbp:death_date 1976-04-14
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. William H. Hastie
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Constance_Baker_Motley
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Charles_Hamilton_Houston
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:known_for Civil rights advocacy
gptkbp:legacy Advocate for civil rights
Influence on legal education
Impact on federal judiciary diversity
Mentor to future generations of lawyers
Pioneer for African American judges
gptkbp:legal_issue Judge of the United States District Court for the Virgin Islands
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_for First African American federal judge in the United States
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Hastie_v._United_States
gptkb:Hastie_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Judge
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:president gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Dean of Howard University School of Law
Assistant Attorney General for the United States
gptkbp:spouse Evelyn Hastie