District mourns civil rights leader Payton

By Liz Farmer
Published March 23, 2012 4:00am ET
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District mourns civil rights leader Payton
John Payton, the civil rights lawyer who defended the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy before the U.S. Supreme Court, died on Thursday after a brief illness. He was 65. Payton was also known for his role in leading the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. He died at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore […]

John Payton, the civil rights lawyer who defended the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy before the U.S. Supreme Court, died on Thursday after a brief illness. He was 65.

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