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  • Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to Ernestine Sapp RE voting rights article, 1984. 8737f1ca-e692-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/f040d968-6653-4a66-90bd-c2726d9dc0c4/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-ernestine-sapp-re-voting-rights-article. Accessed August 19, 2025.

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October 16, 1984

Ernestine S. Sapp, Esq.
Gray Langford Sapp Davis

& llcGowan
P. O. Box 239
Tuskegee, Alabama 36083

Dear lls. Sapp:

Elaine Jones asked me to respond to your September
24 letter requesting an article on some aspect
of voting rights laws for the NBA - Civil Rights
Section newsletter. I enclose for your considera-
tion a copy of an article on voter registration
barriers.

P1ease let me know if you decide to publish my
article.

Sinc elY,

a-'f'V+-
Guinier

LG/ r
Enclosure

cc: E1aine Jones, Esg.

Contributions are dcdurtible tm U.S. intomc tar purpo*s

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