Philip Burton was a Seattle lawyer for more than 40 years, a voice for the disadvantaged, and a fighter for reforms to end discrimination in education, housing, and employment. His legal actions led to the desegregation of Seattle Public Schools.
Philip Burton was born in Topeka, Kansas, on October 28, 1915, to Dwight and Myrtle Burton, the second of nine children. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1939 from Kansas University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Washburn College in Kansas in 1948. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the U.S Army-Air Force, European Theater, and attained the rank of First Lieutenant.
Philip Burton was born in Topeka, Kansas, on October 28, 1915, to Dwight and Myrtle Burton, the second of nine children. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1939 from Kansas University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Washburn College in Kansas in 1948. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the U.S Army-Air Force, European Theater, and attained the rank of First Lieutenant.
Philip Burton was a Seattle lawyer for more than 40 years, a voice for the disadvantaged, and a fighter for reforms to end discrimination in education, housing, and employment. His legal actions led to the desegregation of Seattle Public Schools.
Philip Burton was born in Topeka, Kansas, on October 28, 1915, to Dwight and Myrtle Burton, the second of nine children. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1939 from Kansas University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Washburn College in Kansas in 1948. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the U.S Army-Air Force, European Theater, and attained the rank of First Lieutenant.
Philip Burton was born in Topeka, Kansas, on October 28, 1915, to Dwight and Myrtle Burton, the second of nine children. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1939 from Kansas University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Washburn College in Kansas in 1948. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the U.S Army-Air Force, European Theater, and attained the rank of First Lieutenant.
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