"William H. Hastie was the first African American federal district judge, and the federal appellate judge. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Hastie graduated first in his class from Amherst College in 1925, and received a doctorate in juridical studies from Harvard Law School. Hastie was the second African American to serve as Harvard Law Review editor (after Charles Hamilton Houston). He later became a professor at Howard Law School, where he taught prominent civil rights attorney Oliver Hill and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall." Thank you Mr. Hastie for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about William H. Hastie. :-)
http://www.justiceatstake.org/diversity/african_americans_in_the_law/william-h-hastie/
“History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of victories already won.” - William H. Hastie
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