New UI trustee a tough trial lawyer and civil rights pioneer

James Montgomery always had something to prove.

First, that a middle child could stand out by going to college and law school – a rarity for black Americans in the 1950s.

Then, that blacks could excel in law school despite hostility from white peers.

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