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...LEON HIGGINBOTHAM earned a national reputation as lawyer, jurist, teacher, scholar and activist. His achievements are especially meaningful to me, a friend of 40 years, because Leon spoke out strongly on racial issues. His admonishments to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are well known, but few are aware he appointed more minority clerks than any other judge...
...news of his illness spread across campusyesterday, many members of the Harvard communitystopped to say a prayer for their friend.Professor of Afro-American Studies Cornel R. West'74 asked his class to observe a moment of silencefor Higginbotham at the beginning of Af-Am 10,"Introduction to Afro-American Studies." Duringthe day, members of the Black StudentsAssociation, Kuumba and the W.E.B. DuBois Societyalso received an e-mail message on Higginbotham'scondition that urged them to pray for hisrecovery...
...Higginbotham received acclaim for hismulti-volume series of books titled Race andthe American Legal Process. He held honorarydegrees from over 60 institutions, and earlierthis year received the Roger Baldwin Award of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union...
...Higginbotham's wife, professor of Afro-AmericanStudies and of History Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham,took this semester off to recover from recentsurgery...
...funeral for Higginbotham will be held nextMonday at the People's Baptist Church in Boston,located at 134 Camden St. The University plans tohold a memorial service at Harvard early nextyear.Courtesy of the Harvard News OfficeREVERED JUDGE:Professor A. LEONHIGGINBOTHAM Jr. died last night...