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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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Curtis, who grew up in Georgia with cognitive and developmental disabilities, always hoped to leave these facilities and move back into her community. In 1948, Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat took a job as a legal secretary at the NAACP in New York City. Lois Curtis (July 14, 1967 – Nov. Cecilia Marshall (July 20, 1928 – Nov.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson’s new memoir, a snapshot of relentless optimism and grit

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Starting out, Jackson’s maternal grandfather was a chauffeur, but he tired of working for wealthy white families in Jim Crow Georgia. Jackson’s grandparents on both sides only attended elementary school, and her own parents attended segregated schools. He left and started his own landscaping business.