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john a. powell
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John A. Powell is the executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. He holds the Gregory H. Williams Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties at the Moritz College of Law. Previously, powell founded and directed the Institute of Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. He has also served as director of legal services in Miami, Florida and was the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.