September 28, 2005

Saluting a Legend: WSU building honors civil rights leader Judge Damon Keith

Judge Damon Jerome Keith's 38-year career and the landmark decisions he wrote will be recognized by Wayne State University with a $16.5 million addition to the university's law school, the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. The three-story law center will contain a 125-seat auditorium with classroom space for 100 students. The vast collection of photographs, plaques, award trophies and certificates that line nearly every wall and shelf in his chambers in the downtown federal courthouse will be on permanent display in the center. A multimillion-dollar gift to the university to kick off a fund-raising drive for the center has been committed by Detroit-area shopping mall developer and philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman. Photos of Keith and a sidebar of career highlights are included.

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