Crispus Attucks (Cris) Wright (Sept 11, 1914 - Dec 9, 2001). Civil rights lawyer, businessman, philanthropist, based in Los Angeles, CA. He worked with the NAACP to prepare the late 1940s case that led the SCOTUS to strike down real estate covenants as unconstitutional. He was Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Sentinel and a long-time friend of its publisher Leon Washington. A 1938 USC Law School graduate, he donated $2 million to the school for scholarships for minority students, at the time the largest gift to USC by an African American.
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