Correspondence from Lani Guinier to Anne Dowling and Emily Mandelstam
Correspondence
March 18, 1986

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Legal Department General, Lani Guinier Correspondence. Letter from Lani Guinier to David Lipman, 1981. c7a48891-e392-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/1bf09493-5ea0-43a3-a377-caf4a38acc0e/letter-from-lani-guinier-to-david-lipman. Accessed April 17, 2025.
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LesE,EerenseH. October 4, 1984 Calvin Walton, Esg. 129 Sickles Avenue New Rochell, N.Y. 10801 Dear l"tr. Walton: I look forward to meeting with you in November. fn the meantime, I enclose a copy of the Gingles decision in which the court threw out several multi- member legislative districts in North Carolina, includ- ing the districts based in Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and Winston-Sa1em. You will find at pp. 14-15 a discussion of the factors under the Voting Rights Act that show whether an at-1arge system discriminates, and at pp. 16-17 a more general discussion of when an at-large system discriminates. AIso look at pp. 46-7 about the greater chances of blacks getting elected from single member districts. LG/r Enclosure Contributions are deduttible lor U.S. incomc ta.r rrarpoles The NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIoNAL FUND is not part ol the National Association tor the Advancement ol Colorerl People although it was lounded by il and shares its commilment to equal rights. LOF has had lor over 25 years a separale Board, program, slatt, ollice and budget. NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 99 Hudson Streot, New york, N.y. 10O13o(212) 21$.19O0 Lani G