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Stories
- Chisom v. Roemer: Extending Voting Rights to Judicial Elections
- G.K. Butterfield: From Grassroots Protests, to the Courtroom, to Congress
- Harvey Gantt: From Desegregating Clemson to Becoming Charlotte’s First Black Mayor
- In Memoriam: Professor Lani Guinier Tribute by Sherrilyn Ifill
- Jack Boger: A Life of Fighting Against the Death Penalty
- James Ferguson: Advocating for Civil Rights Inside and Outside of the Courtroom
- Lani Guinier: The Civil Rights Litigator Who “Dared to Be Powerful”
- Maggie Bozeman and Julia Wilder: Advocates Jailed for Assisting Elderly Black Voters in Alabama
- Major v. Treen: Combatting Black Voter Dilution in Louisiana
- Michael Meltsner: A Fighter for Justice
- Smith v. Allwright: The LDF Voting Rights Case That “Changed the Whole Complexion of the South”
- Sylvia Drew Ivie: Connecting Civil Rights and Health Care
- Ted Shaw: Courtroom Warrior for Civil Rights
- Thornburg v. Gingles: The Redistricting Case that Gave Black Voters a Say in Elections
- Voter Suppression Playbook: Tactics from the 1980s Recycled to Silence Black Votes