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The poisonous legacy of legalized oppression based upon the matter of color can never be adequately purged from our society if we act as if slave laws never existed.
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I sometimes feel as if I am watching justice die.
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Born:
February 25, 1928
Died:
December 14, 1998
(aged 70)
Bio:
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. was a prominent African-American civil rights advocate, author, and federal appeals court judge.
Known for:
Shades of freedom (1996)
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