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Attorney who fought for civil rights in Louisiana has died

by Associated Press
| April 15, 2020 12:03 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A white lawyer who defended black civil rights activists at the height of the movement in Louisiana, often weathering threats to his own life, has died.

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