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Remembering A Legal Academic Legend

Her scholarship didn't end with this setback.

Harvard Law School Professor Lani Guinier

(Photo by John Bohn/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

The first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship at Harvard Law School, Lani Guinier, recently passed away. Guinier’s nomination by President Clinton for what position was withdrawn over criticism over a law review article titled, “The Triumph of Tokenism: The Voting Rights Act and the Theory of Black Electoral Success”?

Hint: Guinier met Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton in law school. She was also a law school classmate of Clarence Thomas.

See the answer on the next page.

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