We
salute our 2004 Honorees!
William T. Coleman, Jr.
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was born in the Germantown district of Philadelphia
on July 7, 1920. He was the second of three children born to William Thaddeus
and Laura Beatrice Mason Coleman. His father, William T. Coleman Sr., was the
director of the Quaker-supported Germantown boys club for 40 years. Through his
father and other family members, young William met some of the country's greatest
black leaders, including W. E. B. Du Bois and Thurgood Marshall.
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 Robert
L. Carter
Robert Carter was born in Careyville, Florida. Shortly after his birth, Carter's
family moved to New Jersey. After receiving his law degrees, but before embarking
on his professional career as an attorney, Judge Carter served in the United States
Army Air Corps as a Second Lieutenant from 1941 to 1944. In 1944, he was hired
as a Legal Assistant for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (the "NAACP"). In 1945, Judge Carter became the Assistant Special
Counsel for the NAACP, and in 1956, he was appointed General Counsel.
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