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The NAACP also mobilized opposition to the nomination of Judge John Alton Parker to
the Supreme Court, and NAACP lawyers represented a black defendant in a murder case
in Virginia. See Richard Kluger, Simple Justice 132-54.
122. Kluger, supra note 18 at 155-8. Hocutt was unable to get a certificate from the
superintendent of black schools in North Carolina that he was a competent student, and
he was an unimpressive witness on the stand.
123. University v. Murray, 169 Md. 478 (1936). Murray's suit is described more fully in
- Kluger, supra note 18 186-94; Henry J. McGuinn, "The Courts and Equality of
Educational Opportunity," Vffl J. of Nee. Ed. 150. 158-62 (1939); and Edward J.
Kuebler, "The Desegregation of the University of Maryland," 71 Md. Hist. Mag. 37
(1979).
124. Another example of resistance to integration as a remedy for unlawful inequality was
Durkee v. Murphy, 181 Md. 259 (1942), discussed infra.
125. Williams v. Zimmerman, 172 Md. 563, 568 (1937). See McGuinn, "The Courts and
Equality of Educational Opportunity," at 156 - 159.
126. 305 U.S. 337(1938).
127. Id at 349-50.
128. 195 Md. 131 (1950). Donald Murray was the local attorney for most of the integration
suits against the University after he graduated. The driving force behind the suits was
Charles Houston. In many instances, like the admission of Parren Mitchell to graduate
school in sociology, the trial court issued the order. The refusal of the trial court to do so
in McCreadv outraged Houston. He had a stroke shortly afterwards and died.
129. Roszel Thomsen, "The Integration of Baltimore's Polytechnic High School: A
Reminiscence," 79 Md. Hist. Mag. 235 (1984).
130. 173 Md. 295 (1938).
131. Idat301.
132. Id at 304.
133. Id at 305, 307.
134. 191 Md. 707 (1948).
135. Id at 711.
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