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...trailblazing lawyer, New York State Senator and federal judge who helped fight many of the most significant civil rights battles in U.S. history; in New York City. The first black woman appointed to the federal bench, by Lyndon Johnson in 1966, she received funds for college after a local philanthropist, Clarence Blakeslee, heard the then teenager speak at a community center. As a young lawyer for the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where she worked for two decades, she assisted Thurgood Marshall in preparing the landmark school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education, and, following that 1954 ruling...
...uncomfortably crowded cocktail party at their Manhattan apartment. It was a typical gay fund raiser--there were lemony vodka drinks with mint sprigs; there were gift bags with Calvin Klein sunglasses; Friedrichs prepared little blackened-tuna-with-mango-chutney hors d'oeuvres that were served by uniformed waiters. Billionaire philanthropist Edgar Bronfman Sr. was there; David Mixner, a gay activist and longtime friend of Bill Clinton's, was holding court with Jason Moore, director of the musical Avenue...
...obligation of the philanthropist should not end when the check is written,” Ellison said. “There should be some accountability for how that money was used, and how much good was done...
...former U.S. Solicitor General, a top fund manager, and a British philanthropist are among the five new members of the Board of Overseers, Harvard’s second highest governing body...
Rausing, who received and A.M. from Harvard in 1986 and a Ph.D. in 1993, is a senior research fellow in history at Imperial College, London. She is also a philanthropist, and has donated millions of dollars to various causes around the world, including Harvard’s Scholars at Risk Program and the Harvard University Library Open Collection Program...