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Phillip R. Cox
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Brown v. Board of Education
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Reginald F. Lewis
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Confederate States of America
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Malawi
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Spelman College
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Powell v. Alabama (1932)
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N.A.A.C.P. v. Alabama Ex Rel Patterson (1958)
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1958
Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)
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Maxie, Peggy Joan (1936 - )
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Franklin, Shirley Clarke (1945- )
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Rice, Norm (1943- )
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Lewis, Delano Eugene (1938 - )
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Easley v. Cromartie (2001)
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