Grimke v. Attorney General

On June 18, 1895, Emmeline Cushing of Boston died, leaving a will containing a residuary clause which bequeaths and devises her property to trustees for the purposes expressed therein, as follows: “I have long entertained a desire of assisting colored people of my country who have been oppressed and down-trodden in the past, and are now unjustly treated, kept back and hindered in the race of life because of a cruel prejudice against them. Ever since my earliest recollection I have been interested in the welfare of colored people, and have felt that they had not had justice done them, and that…