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Norman Francis, Trailblazing Civil Rights Attorney, Dies at 94

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March 1, 2026

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Norman Francis, the trailblazing civil rights attorney who helped to integrate New Orleans and lead Xavier University for nearly a half-century, has died at 94. In 2006, President George W. Bush awarded Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.

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