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Edward Blum's crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

  • Written by Julian Maxwell Hayter, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
imageEdward Blum stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 20, 2022. Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Few people have been more associated with rolling back modern-day civil rights laws than Edward Blum, the former stockbroker who has successfully challenged many affirmative action and voting rights laws.

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