Trivia Question of the Day

Happy Birthday To This Trailblazer

We celebrate the birthday of a civil rights icon.

SDNY Southern District of New York

Today would be the 95th birthday of what former S.D.N.Y. chief judge, who also holds the honor of writing the complaint in Brown v. Board of Education?

Hint: She was also the first African-American woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court, winning James Meredith’s case against the University of Mississippi, and the first African-American on the federal bench.

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