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Civil rights attorney James DeAnda, a co-founder of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, has died

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“DeAnda died of prostate cancer Thursday at his summer home in Traverse City, Michigan, the University of Texas School of Law announced Sunday.

The son of Mexican immigrants, DeAnda became the nation’s second Mexican American federal judge in 1979 after being appointed by President Jimmy Carter.”

Posted on: September 10th, 2006
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, People, Tomás' Picks
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