Word: guinier
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Guinier, who is the first black woman tenured in the law school's history, gave a short speech peppered with excerpts from her new book Lift Every Voice, which chronicles her failed bid for the position of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights...
...Guinier said the speech was in honor of her father Ewart Guinier, " who taught me to speak in my own voice," and her mother Eugenia Guinier-- who attended the talk--" who is still teaching me how to life my voice in harmony with others." Ewart Guinier was the first chair of Afro-American studies at Harvard...
...Guinier said she had decided to work in the South on the advice of former Harvard Law School Professor Derrick Bell, who had urged her remain connected to the people that gave the civil rights movement its strength...
...trial ended in victory, Guinier said, and upon its conclusion the courtroom erupted in singing of songs from the civil rights movement...
...Guinier also talked about her more recent and public struggles, discussing a meeting she had with then-Sen. Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.) in an effort to gain his support of her nomination. She said the meeting was indicative of how the public perceptions of her views differed from her actual positions...