Howard Dixon American Attorney
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| First Name |
Howard
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| Last Name |
Dixon
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1914
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| Died |
2007
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Attorney
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Howard W. Dixon (August 4, 1915 – July 30, 2007) was a civil rights attorney in Miami between 1955 and 1997. During that time, he was considered an activist for the rights of poor people and minorities. He served as General Counsel for the NAACP in the '50s, was a founding Board Member of the Florida Civil Liberties Union. He was the founding executive director of Legal Service of Greater Miami, a program that grew out of President Lyndon Johnson's 1964 War on Poverty. He served as Executive Director from 1966 to 1977. After his retirement as a General Master for the Florida Court System in 1987, he served as a full-time volunteer for the Legal Aid Society of Greater Miami, earning him the John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award for Pro Bono Service by the American Bar Association in 1995.
