L. Clifford Davis sits alone in his office every Independence Day to contemplate his legal career that began July 4, 1949. A pioneering civil rights lawyer and former state district judge, Davis has accomplished plenty. When he arrived in Texas in 1954, racial segregation was prevalent, so Davis filed lawsuits that resulted in the desegregation of several school districts. He thought he wouldn't see the day when the Supreme Court reversed its course in desegregating public schools, which it did last month.
July 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Earlier this month, while most attorneys celebrated Independence Day with friends and family, L. Clifford Davis sat alone in his law office in East Fort Worth, Texas, contemplating his 58-year legal career.
There’s a symbolic reason Davis, 82, comes to work every year on the holiday. July 4, 1949, was the day Davis was sworn in as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of the state where he grew up, Arkansas.
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