Correspondence from Guinier to Bartholet

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Matter
- Bozeman v. Pickens County Board of Education
Case
- Bozeman v. Pickens County Board of Education
U.S. state
- Alabama
Collection
- Case Files
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- 2f16cd76-f192-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Bozeman v. Pickens County Board of Education. Correspondence from Guinier to Bartholet, 1985. 2f16cd76-f192-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/d742f2ed-e00d-4c3c-bd64-7ed46a067260/correspondence-from-guinier-to-bartholet. Accessed November 03, 2025.

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99 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10013r (2121 219-1900

October 25, I9B5

Prof . Elizabeth Bartholet
Harvard Law SchooI
Cambridge, Mass. 02I38

Dear Betsy:

At your suggestion, I am writing to outline the basis
for: requesting a student for the January Term Internship, or
t-he Spring Term cl inical course. I would i ike a student to
prepare a research memor:anda and to draft a complaint if
appropriate on behalf of Maggie Bozeman, a black civil rights
activist and school teacher in Pickens County who was dis-
missed from her job as the result of a state felony conviction
by an all white jury for "illegal voting." LDF represented
Mrs. Bozeman in a successful federal habeas challenge to her:
conviction. About two years ago a PILRAP student, Larry
Lustberg, prepared an excellent memorandum on selective
prosecution, an issue in the case, prior to our filing the
habeas petition. I attach a copy of the habeas petition,
the district judge's memorandum opinion, our brief as appellee
in the court of appeals, and the llth Circuit's opinion
affirming the district judge's decision vacating her convic-
tion for insufficient evidence.

The student should be prepared to research both Alabama
law and federal law to determine the proper forum and possible
causes of action for challenging Mrs. Bozemanrs discharge
from, and seeking reinstatement t-o, her tenured teaching
position. An action for damages should also be considered.
A short memo on Alabama law governing the right to reinstate-
ment of a public employee is attached. The memo does not
discuss any rights Mrs. Bozeman may have as a black woman
dismissed by an aII white school board in a county that is
over 40t black. I have included in the materials appended
to this letter a newspaper clipping reporting the school
board's decision not to reinstate lvlrs. Bozeman.

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Prof. Elizabeth Bartholet
October 25, 1985
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I am happy. to answer any question-s that you or interested
students may have. I look.forward to hearing from you soon
on this and the other employment matter (: ) we discussed.

Thanks so much fpr el-L your help.

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