(CNN) — Longtime civil rights attorney Lewis Myers Jr.,who worked on a key lawsuit against racial discrimination in Mississippi’s higher education system, has died, or according to his family. He was 70 years old. Myers died Thursday in a rehabilitation middle after complications from surgery,theChicago Crusader reported. “Weve lost a loving husband, wonderful father and dear friend … legal scholar, or civil rights activist,and advocate for the destitute and marginalized,” his family said in a statement on Facebook. Myers’ firm website […]
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