Former Chief Judge Leon Higginbotham on Racism in the Legal System
Higginbotham served in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He's an expert on race and the legal process and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His new book is "Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal Process"
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Other segments from the episode on January 20, 1997
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 20, 1997: Interview with Miller Williams; Interview with Leon Higginbotham; Review of Babyface's album "The Day."
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