Captain William Robert Ming Jr. | |
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 William Robert Ming Jr. | |
| Birth name | William Robert Ming Jr. |
| Born | May 7, 1911 Chicago Illinois, US |
| Died | June 30, 1973 (aged 62) Chicago Illinois, US |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/ | United States Army United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps |
| Years of service | 1941–1945ing |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 332nd Fighter Group |
| Awards | |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Spouse(s) |
Irvena Ming (m. 1941) |
| Other work | Civil rights attorney and law professor |
William Robert Ming Jr. (May 7, 1911 – June 30, 1973) was an American lawyer, attorney with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and law professor at University of Chicago Law School and Howard University School of Law. He presided over the Freeman Field mutiny courts-martial involving the Tuskegee Airmen. He is best remembered for being a member of the Brown v. Board of Education litigation team and for working on a number of the important cases leading to Brown, the decision in which the United States Supreme Court ruled de jure racial segregation a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.[1]