Charles Black | |
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Born | Charles Lund Black Jr. September 22, 1915 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Died | May 5, 2001 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 85)
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin (BA, MA) Yale University (LLB) |
Occupation | Law professor |
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Charles Lund Black Jr. (September 22, 1915 – May 5, 2001) was an American scholar of constitutional law, which he taught as professor of law from 1947 to 1999. He is best known for his role in the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, as well as for his Impeachment: A Handbook, which served for many Americans as a trustworthy analysis of the law of impeachment during the Watergate scandal.[1]