In 1954, William Coleman Jr. sat next to Thurgood Marshall as he argued Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court. In the same chamber on Dec. 4, Coleman, now 86 and a senior counselor at O'Melveny & Myers, watched as the arc of the landmark case took a stunning turn. On what was an undeniably rough day for mainstream civil rights advocates, the Brown decision was invoked as a possible reason for striking down modern-day efforts to keep public schools integrated.
December 20, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In 1954, William Coleman Jr. sat next to Thurgood Marshall as he argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court.
In the same chamber on Dec. 4, Coleman, now 86, watched as the arc of the landmark Brown decision took a stunning turn. He heard the Brown decision being invoked as a possible reason for striking down modern-day efforts to keep public schools integrated.
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