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Document Information
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Draft manuscript page / memoir
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2.7 MB
Summary
This document is a page from a draft manuscript (dated 2012), likely a memoir by Alan Dershowitz, detailing his personal history with the civil rights movement and affirmative action. It recounts his travels to the South in the 1960s to recruit minority students for Harvard Law School and discusses his legal philosophy regarding the 'DeFunis' (1974) and 'Bakke' Supreme Court cases. The page bears a House Oversight Committee stamp, indicating it was part of a document production related to investigations involving Epstein's legal team.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Author | Narrator/Lawyer/Professor |
Likely Alan Dershowitz (based on context of House Oversight production and biographical details); discusses recruitin...
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| Marco DeFunis | Plaintiff |
White applicant to University of Washington Law School who sued over affirmative action policies.
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| William O. Douglas | Supreme Court Justice |
Mentioned in relation to the DeFunis case.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Howard Law School |
Where the student group trained to be observers in the 1960s.
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| Harvard Law School |
Institution that sent the author to recruit students in 1965.
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| University of Washington |
Law school sued by Marco DeFunis.
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| Supreme Court |
Heard the DeFunis and Bakke cases.
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Timeline (3 events)
Locations (4)
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Region visited by the author during the civil rights movement.
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Visited during recruitment trips.
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Visited to recruit Native American and Hispanic students.
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State location of the University of Washington.
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Relationships (2)
Harvard Law School sent me to several historically black colleges
DeFunis case was brought by a white applicant to the law school of the University of Washington... who had been rejected.
Key Quotes (3)
"I believed then, and I believe now, that the ideal goal of affirmative action is to level the playing field by providing a current advantage to individuals who were subject to past disadvantages"Source
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"The real issue is how to strike the appropriate balance between the theoretical ideal and the practical necessities."Source
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"The school did not dispute this claim, but argued that it had the right to try to achieve 'a reasonably representation' of minority students."Source
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