Fred D. Gray, a civil rights lawyer, was welcomed to the Texas Tech School of Law by alumnus and donor, Mark Lanier, to be recognized and receive an honorary degree from the school. Lanier also named a chair in Gray’s honor.
Gray has been a prominent figure in the fight for civil rights for more than six decades, representing notable figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Gray said when he began his career, he treated every case as if it would end up in the Supreme Court, not knowing a lot of his cases actually would.
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