"One Kentuckian stood apart and shines in the light of history... In case after case, Harlan stood as a lonely dissenter, urging the court and the nation to keep the promise of the Declaration and the equal rights amendment."

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Justices of the Supreme Court of the United StatesPoliticians from KentuckyLawyers from Kentucky
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Dan Venters, "John Marshall Harlan praised as civil rights pioneer" (5 March 2009), Center College, Danville, Kentucky: Centre College