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John Payton, the Glossary

John A. Payton (December 27, 1946 – March 22, 2012) was an African-American civil rights attorney.^[1]

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Affirmative action

Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies) refers to a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to benefit marginalized groups.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Attorney General for the District of Columbia

The attorney general for the District of Columbia is the chief legal officer of the District of Columbia. John Payton and attorney General for the District of Columbia are district of Columbia Attorneys General.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Bar (law)

In law, the bar is the legal profession as an institution.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Boycott

A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Cecil F. Poole

Cecil Francis Poole (July 25, 1914 – November 12, 1997) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and a United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. John Payton and Cecil F. Poole are 20th-century African-American lawyers.

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City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co.

City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the minority set-aside program of Richmond, Virginia, which gave preference to minority business enterprises (MBE) in the awarding of municipal contracts, was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Claremont Colleges

The Claremont Colleges (known colloquially as the 7Cs) are a consortium of seven private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California, United States.

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Claremont, California

Claremont is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of Los Angeles.

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Class action

A class action, also known as a class action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group.

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Competition law

Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies.

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Congressional Black Caucus

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is a caucus made up of African-American members of the United States Congress.

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Desegregation in the United States

Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races.

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Fannie Mae

The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a United States government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) and, since 1968, a publicly traded company.

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Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

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Gratz v. Bollinger

Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the University of Michigan undergraduate affirmative action admissions policy.

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Grutter v. Bollinger

Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003), was a landmark case of the Supreme Court of the United States concerning affirmative action in student admissions.

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Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review

The Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review is a student-run law review published by Harvard Law School.

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Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Howard University School of Law

Howard University School of Law (Howard Law or HUSL) is the law school of Howard University, a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldest historically black law school in the United States.

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Jack Greenberg

Jack Greenberg (December 22, 1924 – October 12, 2016) was an American attorney and legal scholar. John Payton and Jack Greenberg are people associated with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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James Robertson (judge)

James Robertson (May 18, 1938 – September 7, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1994 until his retirement in June 2010. John Payton and James Robertson (judge) are Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partners.

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Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.

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Juris Doctor

A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law.

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Lawyer

A lawyer is a person who practices law.

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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, or simply the Lawyers' Committee, is an American civil rights organization founded in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Mayor of the District of Columbia

The mayor of the District of Columbia is the head of the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.

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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (NAACP LDF, the Legal Defense Fund, or LDF) is an American civil rights organization and law firm based in New York City.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Pomona College

Pomona College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California.

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Sharon Pratt

Sharon Pratt (born January 30, 1944), formerly Sharon Pratt Dixon and Sharon Pratt Kelly, is an American attorney and politician who was the mayor of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1995, the first mayor born in the District of Columbia since Richard Wallach who took office in 1861 and the first woman in that position.

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Sherrilyn Ifill

Sherrilyn Ifill (born December 17, 1962) is an American lawyer and the Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. John Payton and Sherrilyn Ifill are 20th-century African-American lawyers and people associated with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Strict scrutiny

In U.S. constitutional law, when a law infringes upon a fundamental constitutional right, the court may apply the strict scrutiny standard.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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The Student Life

The Student Life (abbreviated TSL) is a student newspaper covering the Claremont Colleges (7Cs, or 5Cs when referring only to the undergraduate colleges), a consortium of liberal arts colleges in Claremont, California.

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Thurgood Marshall

Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. John Payton and Thurgood Marshall are 20th-century African-American lawyers and people associated with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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Truth Initiative

Truth Initiative (formerly the American Legacy Foundation or Legacy) is a nonprofit tobacco control organization "dedicated to achieving a culture where all youth and young adults reject tobacco".

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Undergraduate education

Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university.

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United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

The Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice enforces federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, religion, and national origin.

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United States District Court for the Northern District of California

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California (in case citations, N.D. Cal.) is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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University of Michigan Law School

The University of Michigan Law School (Michigan Law, MLS) is the law school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Vernon Jordan

Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. (August 15, 1935 – March 1, 2021) was an American business executive and civil rights attorney who worked for various civil rights movement organizations before becoming a close advisor to President Bill Clinton. John Payton and Vernon Jordan are 20th-century African-American lawyers.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, also known as Hale & Dorr and WilmerHale, is an American multinational law firm with offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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1991 Washington, D.C., riot

The 1991 Washington, D.C., riot, sometimes referred to as the Mount Pleasant riot or Mount Pleasant Disturbance, occurred in May 1991, when rioting broke out in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in response to an African-American female police officer having shot a Salvadoran man in the chest following a Cinco de Mayo celebration.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Payton

Also known as John A. Payton, John A. Payton '73 Distinguished Lectureship, Payton Distinguished Lectureship, Payton, John.

, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Law School, Vernon Jordan, Washington, D.C., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, 1991 Washington, D.C., riot.

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District of Columbia Attorneys General

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partners

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