By Cedric Mobley For 157 years, Howard University has served as the nexus of intellectual engagement and social advocacy to ensure that all Americans can fully exercise all the rights of citizenship. Even before the end of slavery, the work of Frederick Douglass, who would become a Howard trustee, served as the foundation for universal enfranchisement. A century later, Howard Law School dean Charles Hamilton Houston and his student, Thurgood Marshall, would successfully challenge segregation and catalyze the fall of government-sanctioned racial discrimination, including participation in the democratic process. Following their lead, scores of Howard alumni have kicked down doors
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