Letter from Bill (Coleman?) to Lani Guinier re Voting Rights Act

Correspondence
July 13, 1982

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  • Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Bill (Coleman?) to Lani Guinier re Voting Rights Act, 1982. f9633fff-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/1003aa59-9eda-406a-87b5-057d8a975a24/letter-from-bill-coleman-to-lani-guinier-re-voting-rights-act. Accessed June 17, 2025.

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OUN FILE NUMIER

WRITER'5 OIRECT TELEPHONE

(202) 457-5325

Lani Guinier, Esg.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
10 Columbus Circ1e
New York, New York 10019

Dear Lani-:

rhanks ror tnl *H:"X"* ffir:;";::,*Ir3iE';:if,';ilri31 n".
the Voting Rights Act passed. It was a difficult tasll
requiring a lot of talent and a superb touch ivhich each of
you brought to the job. I doubt seriously with.out your
effort that the result would be such a signi-fir;a.nt one and
one which ought to clear up in 25 years any 1-.rc:blems with
respect to voting.

Thanks, again. Hope all go.3s well.

As ever,

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