Pioneering civil rights lawyer, William L. Taylor dead at 78
For more than 50 years, Taylor played a major role in drafting and defending civil rights legislation. One career highlight came early: He helped craft the 1958 Supreme Court brief that resulted in Little Rock., Ark., schools being forced to maintain desegregation.
Taylor died Monday at a Bethesda, Md., hospital of complications from a fall, said Rabbi Ethan Seidel of Tifereth Israel Congregation, which Taylor attended in Washington. He was 78.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-william-taylor-20100704,0,4800302.story
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