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Stateside: Invasive baby’s breath flowers; Yemeni Great Lakes sailors; remembering Judge Damon Keith

By Stateside Staff • Apr 29, 2019
Baby's breath, an invasive flower affecting the Great Lakes sand dunes
Sarah Lamar / Grand Valley State University

Today on Stateside, a Wayne State University law professor remembers Judge Damon Keith, the longest-serving black judge in American history who died Sunday at age 96. Plus, why the popular flower baby’s breath poses a threat to the coastal sand dunes of the Great Lakes.

Judge Damon J. Keith, judicial giant and civil rights icon, dies at 96

By • Apr 28, 2019
Wayne State University

Judge Damon J. Keith died Sunday at the age of 96. The Detroit native, one of the nation’s longest-serving federal judges, was a tireless champion of civil rights and civil liberties.