biography
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| (1924– )
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| biography:
| Lawyer and educator, born in New York City, New York, USA. As assistant counsel, then director-counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Education Fund (1949–84), he argued many important civil-rights cases before the Supreme Court. He taught at Columbia University's law school (1970–84) and served as vice-dean before becoming dean of Columbia College (1989). His books include Judicial Process and Social Change (1976). |
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