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L. Clifford Davis, civil rights attorney who fought to desegregate North Texas schools, has died at 100 years old
filing some of the first lawsuits seeking to integrate Arkansas schools – who moved to Texas in the early 1950s. He was among the first Black lawyers in the south to take on discrimination cases.
The Washington Post18d
L. Clifford Davis, who helped desegregate Texas schools, dies at 100
Mr. Davis, who grew up in Arkansas ... lawyers in the area — was the lead attorney in a lawsuit, Jackson v. Rawdon, seeking the admission of several Black students to public schools in Mansfield ...