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| ix Acknowledgments The work contained in this book was first presented at a conference at Amherst College on December 3–4, 2010. We are grateful to our contributors for their fine work and commitment to our project and to Matthew Brewster and Heather Richard for their skilled research assistance. The December 2010 conference initiated an annual series of meetings jointly sponsored by Amherst College’s Charles Hamilton Houston Forum on Law and Social Justice and Harvard Law School’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice. We are grateful for the opportunity to honor Houston for his singular contributions to America’s continuing quest for justice and equality. This page intentionally left blank ...

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