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'Justice for All': Lloyd Barbee’s Broad Pursuit of Human Rights

10.19.2017 - By WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPRPlay

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The late Lloyd Barbee is perhaps best known as the lawyer and state legislator who fought to desegregate Milwaukee’s public schools. A new book lays out just how broad Barbee’s fight for justice was. Beyond education, Barbee pushed for open housing, women’s rights, and decolonization. He would often sign his letters with the quote - “Justice For All.” And that’s the title of the new book, Justice for All: Selected Writings of Lloyd A. Barbee. The book is edited by his daughter -- another civil

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