Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Lloyd Gaines, A Quiet Hero of Civil Rights History, Vanished in 1939

"Lloyd Gaines disappeared at 28, three months after he triumphed in one of the biggest Supreme Court cases in decades."
Another possible Obama Effect: reviving forgotten civil rights figures. (See also: the proto-Rosa Parks who attracted some attention not long ago. I feel awful, but I just can't remember her name. The effect, perhaps, has its limits.)

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