Robert W. Justice was a state legislator in New York. He represented New York City's 19th District in the New York Assembly. He served from 1936 to 1938 and was preceded by James E. Stephens and succeeded by

Daniel L. Burrows Daniel L. Burrows (January 23, 1908 – June 3, 1990) was an American politician from New York who was elected to the New York State Assembly between 1939 and 1944. Burrows was born in Cape Charles, Virginia, on January 23, 1908, and raised in N ...

. In 1936, he sought to have a building for "Negro" exhibits included at New York's Fair. He introduced a bill to protect street lottery ("numbers") players from being arrested and charged. He was part of the Conference for Legislation in the National Interest. Justice is listed as a subject in the

New York Public Library The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress ...

Ewart Guinier Ewart Gladstone Guinier (May 17, 1910 – February 4, 1990) was a Jamaican-American educator, lawyer, and labor leader. He was the founding chairman of Harvard University's Afro-American Studies department, now known as the Department of African ...

photographic collection.

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