Letter from Lani Guinier to Wiley A. Branton, Esg. RE: Suggested Candidates for Director Counsel

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May 11, 1984

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May 11, L984

Wiley A. Branton, Esg.
Sid1ey & Austin
L722 Eye Street
8th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006

Dear Dean Branton:

The staff attorneys at LDF have compiled a list'
of people who, in our judgrment, should be con-
sulted on the search for a new director-counsel.
The list is supplemental to, and does not include,
people that we were told you have already contacted.
I enclose a copy of this supplemental list to assist
the Search Committee in its political and community
outreach.

Sincerely,

Lani Guinier

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PEOPLE WITH WHOM SEARCTI COMIT{ITTEE SHOULD
TOUCH BASE

Dennis Archer - President, NatiOnal Bar A.ssociation
Richard Arrington - Mayor, Birmingham
l,larion Barry - Pres. , National Conference of Dlayors
Harold Washington - MaYor, Chicago
Wilson C@de - llayor, PhiladelPhia
Richard Hatcher - MaYor, GarY
Coleman Young - IvIaYor, Detroit
Dutch Moria1 - MaYor, New Orleans
Willie Brown - Speaker, California State Assembly
Rep. Julian Dixon Head, Congressional Black Caucus
Reps. Gus Hawkins, Don Edwards, I,lajor Otrens, Charles Rangel
Senators Kennedy, Ivlathias
Christopher F. Edley, Sr. - United Negro College Fund
EarI Graves - Black EnterPrise
Rev. Jesse Jackson - Presidential candidate
Dorothy Height National Council Negro Women
John Jacob - Urban League
John Johnson EbonY
Lerone Bennett Historian
Tom Atkins General Counsel, NAACP; Herb Reed, P:ofessor of l-anr.r, Hovrard U.
Joseph Lowery SCLC
oemetrius Newton President, Phi Beta Sigrma
The Honorable U. W. Clemon, Gabriel McDonald, U.S. District Court

Judges
The Honorable Damon Keith, Spottswood Robinson, Court of Appeals

Judges
Arthur Fleming - former Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Franklin Thomas President Ford Foundation
Leon Sullivan - O.I.C.
J. Clay Smith former Acting Chair, EEOC
Margaret Burnham - National Conference of Black Lawyers
Halnrood Burns N.C.B.L. and City College Legal Studies Program
Vilma l'lartinez, Joaquin Avila - I4ALDEF
President, League of Women Voters; NOW; Women's Lega1 Defense Fund
Head of the l"lasons
LDF Cooperating AttorneYs:

C.B. King (Georgia)
Avon Williams (Tennessee)
Oscar Adams, Alabama Supreme Court (forner ooSnrating attorney)
Henry l'larsh (Virginia)
John Walker (Arkansas)
Joe Hudson (I,Iississippi )
Gene Thibodeaux (Louisiana)
Fred Gray (Alabama)
Fred Banks (Mississippi)
Percy Julian (Wisconsin)
Mark McDonald (Texas)

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