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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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Curtis, who grew up in Georgia with cognitive and developmental disabilities, always hoped to leave these facilities and move back into her community. In 1948, Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat took a job as a legal secretary at the NAACP in New York City. Cissy had assisted with the case by transcribing the legal briefs.

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