John Doar, ex-civil rights lawyer, dies at 92

November 12, 2014 01:24

John Doar, who as a top US Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s fought to protect the rights of black voters and integrate universities in the South, died today at age 92.

The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son, Burke Doar. Doar was a Justice Department civil rights lawyer from 1960 to 1967, serving under the administrations of President John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and rising to the position of assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Division.

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