1. Skinner moved to Grand Rapids. Id. In 1919, he began school at the University of Michigan, where he earned degrees from both the undergraduate school and the law school;Randal Maurice Jelks;THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN GRAND RAPIDS,1900
2. He graduated from the Boston Latin School and went on to earn his J.D. from Northeastern School of Law. The Honorable Herbert Tucker;Herbert E Tucker;Ambassador Abroad,1915