Wednesday, March 15, 2006

This Day in Republican History 3/15/06

March 15, 1842 Birth of African-American Republican Robert De Large, elected to U.S. House from South Carolina in 1870 1933 Predominantly Republican NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination In 1933 the NAACP undertook Hocutt v. Wilson, the first test case involving segregation in higher education. The plaintiff was Thomas R. Hocutt, a student at the North Carolina College for Negroes, who had been denied admission to the University of North Carolina's School of Pharmacy. Attorneys Conrad O. Pearson and Cecil McCoy appealed to the NAACP for assistance after filing a law suit. Charles Houston recommended William Hastie to direct the litigation. According to Pearson, "the white Bar [in attendance] was unanimous in its praise," of Hastie's and his colleagues' trial performance, but the case was undermined by the North Carolina College President's refusal to release Hocutt's transcript.

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