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Henley, Jesse Smith

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@ Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture

Morris, Jeffrey B

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Biographical entry on Jesse Smith Henley, a federal judge who presided over a number of desegregation cases, but more famously declared the Arkansas penitentiary system in violation of the Eighth Amendment.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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