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W. Haywood Burns
1940–1996
United States
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William Haywood Burns (June 15, 1940 – April 2, 1996) was an American jurist, lawyer, author, professor, civil rights activist, the second dean of the City University of New York Law School (he served from 1987 until 1994) and a Civil Rights Movement leader.
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