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"Warren's reading copy"

Chief Justice Earl Warren's reading copy of Brown is annotated in his hand. Warren announced the opinion in the names of each justice, an unprecedented occurrence. The drama was heightened by the widespread prediction that the Court would be divided on the issue. Warren reminded himself to emphasize the decision's unanimity with a marginal notation, "unanimously," which departed from the printed reading copy to declare, "Therefore, we unanimously hold. . . "Unanimously" was not incorporated into the published version of the opinion, and thus exists only in this manuscript.

         
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Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-brown.html