
John W. Douglas Who Headed Justice Dept. Civil Rights Division in 60s Dies at Age 88
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John W. Douglas, an assistant U.S. attorney general who led the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division from 1963 to 1966, died Wednesday in the nation’s capital from complications from a stroke, the Washington Post reported. He was 88. The paper reported that Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy designated him in…