Damon J. Keith, the federal judge whose rulings in a string of high-profile cases over three decades catapulted him to the status of national civil rights icon, died April 28 at the age of 96 at his Detroit home.

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Damon J. Keith, the federal judge whose rulings in a string of high-profile cases over three decades catapulted him to the status of national civil rights icon, died April 28 at the age of 96 at his Detroit home.
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