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The following episode contains language that some folks may find offensive.

It's June, 1963.

A 28 year old woman stands defiantly before a judge in an Alabama courtroom.

She's black. The judge is white.

That 28 year old woman, her name is Mary Hamilton.

She's a civil rights activist traveling around the South, registering voters and organizing protest.

And there's this other fight she takes up almost by accident.

The fight to be called Miss Hamilton as in MIS.

You're listening to CodeSwitch. I'm Jean Demby.

And I'm Shrine Marisol Maraji.

And today we're going to hear about a little known case that went all the way to the Supreme Court.

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