Harold Hitz Burton
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About
Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1945 to 1958.
Before Fame
He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1912.
Trivia
He was instrumental in bringing about an unanimous decision in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
Family Life
He married Selma Florence Smith in 1912. They had four children together.
Associated With
He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Harry S. Truman.
