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Very little about the law was abstract to Marshall. He not only suffered its worst failure, the long reign of legal segregation, but he was also the architect of one of its greatest triumphs. He was the victorious attorney in Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 landmark decision that prohibited racial segregation in public schools. As a Justice, Marshall sometimes helped to change American law. As a civil rights lawyer he changed America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marshall's Legacy: A Lawyer Who Changed America | 7/8/1991 | See Source »

Wesley Snipes (Flipper, the black architect): "I think it's about how color- conscious this society really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost in The Jungle | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

This character has reason for her rancor. Her architect husband, Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes), has wandered into the sexual curiosity of his Italian- American secretary, Angie Tucci (Annabella Sciorra). Their affair, which they confide to friends, is soon the talk -- the shout -- of their respective neighborhoods, Sugar Hill in Harlem and Bensonhurst in Brooklyn. The animosities are mirrored in two subplots. Angie's sweet, nerdy friend Paulie (John Turturro) pursues a romance with a classy black woman (Tyra Ferrell). And Flipper's crackhead brother (Samuel L. Jackson) collides with his Bible- bred parents (Ossie Davis and Ruby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boyz Of New Black City | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

According to Cambridge architect Hugh A. Russell '64, one of the city's voices on the bridge committee, "there've been enormous improvements...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Scheme Z: How to Kill a Bridge Plan | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

Michael Berry is the man who brought Deli Day to Harvard. Berry is the architect of the hamburger option. And Berry, recently appointed director of dining services, is the one who dumped fish pizziola from the menu...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: Michael Berry: Mealtime Messiah | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

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