Bill Taylor's death

We lost a great man yesterday, civil rights lawyer Bill Taylor.  Here's a statement from DFER and below is an article about his contributions to the LGBT rights movement:

Statement from Democrats for Education Reform on the passing of civil rights crusader (and friend of DFER) Bill Taylor:
 
We were saddened to learn today of the passing of our dear friend, Bill Taylor, of the Citizens Commission on Civil Rights. As one of the most prominent legal minds behind several key school desegragation cases, and as a leading voice on the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Bill showed us what it looked like to stand up for the little guy - primarily the black students who had been so poorly served by public education in their communities for too many years.
 
In the last several years, Bill was a mentor for many of us within our expanding coalition for educational justice at the federal level and his sage advice will be sorely missed.
 
All of us who knew Bill and benefited from his tremendous wisdom and experience are at a loss today. The work we are involved in simply would not have been possible without his tireless pursuit of educational equality for all schoolchildren.