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L. Clifford Davis

1924–2025

United States

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L. Clifford Davis (October 12, 1924 – February 15, 2025) was an American attorney whose unsuccessful efforts for admission to the University of Arkansas Law School resulted in the eventual admission of African-American students to the school. He also served over thirty years as an attorney and judge, and assisted Thurgood Marshall in the Brown v. Board of Education case.

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