The HistoryMakers video oral history with Lani Guinier.
Lawyer and professor Lani Guinier was born on April 19, 1950. She was raised and educated in New York City. A graduate of Harvard and Yale, Guinier worked in the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice and then headed the voting rights project at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the 1...
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| Access Note: | Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff. |
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
The HistoryMakers,
[2016]
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| Summary: | Lawyer and professor Lani Guinier was born on April 19, 1950. She was raised and educated in New York City. A graduate of Harvard and Yale, Guinier worked in the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice and then headed the voting rights project at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the 1980s. Guinier also held a tenured professorship at University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1983 to 1998. Guinier came to public attention in 1993 when President Bill Clinton nominated her to head the civil rights division of the Justice Department. However, Clinton withdrew the nomination following conservative criticism of Guinier's views on political representation, voting rights and affirmative action. Opponents to her nomination launched a negative press campaign, maligning her law review articles. Then, in 1998, she became the first African American woman to receive tenure at Harvard Law School. In 2004, she wrote a memoir on the controversy and assessing the progress and potential of the Civil Rights Movement. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (3 video files (1 hr., 18 min., 10 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Playing Time: | 01:18:10 |
| Production Credits: | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Access: | Access to electronic resources restricted to Simmons University students, faculty and staff. |