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Jack Greenberg (born 1924) is a American attorney and legal scholar. He was among the NAACP's legal counsel for a quarter century, notably including his involvement in cases included under the crucial Brown v. Board of Education decision. In all, he argued 40 civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Greenberg graduated from Columbia Law School in 1948. He became a legal counselor for the NAACP in 1949, and continued in that capacity until 1984, when he became a professor at Columbia. He served as dean of Columbia College from 1989 to 1993.
In 2001, Greenberg was presented with a Presidential Citizens Medal. President Bill Clinton commented "In the courtroom and the classroom, Jack Greenberg has been a crusader for freedom and equality for more than half a century."
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