Finally, one of Friday’s rulings upheld a requirement that effectively bars people with felony convictions from voting in North Carolina until all aspects of their sentences, including fines and fees, have been fulfilled. This requirement, which impacts more than 50,000 people in the state, had been called racist and exclusionary in the past due to […]
Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional impact of his inspiring best […]
Even prior to taking office, President Joe Biden vowed to reshape the federal judiciary. In a December 2020 letter, during his presidential transition, he requested Democratic senators to suggest public defenders and civil rights legal counselors, who have commonly been underrepresented in the government seat, for judgeships. Judge Ketanji Brown […]
(BPRW) Reverend Al Sharpton to Speak at Black History Month Dinner Hosted by Citizens for Judicial Fairness, Urge Diverse Judicial Nominees to Delaware Supreme Court CJF Is Partnering with Local Advocates Including 302 Guns Down, Black Mothers in Power, and Jeremy McDole Police Reform to Put on the Event (Black PR Wire) WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Next […]
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(BPRW) NAACP Files a Supreme Court Brief to Support Student Debt Relief (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON DC – Recently, the NAACP and a historic coalition of cities, states, experts, and advocates filed more than a dozen amicus curiae briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Biden Administration’s student debt relief program. This joint move by the coalition […]
It outlines the scriptural foundations of Muhammad’s teachings, drawn from both Bible and Qur’an. A detailed review of the course of study prescribed for his followers supplies Elijah Muhammad’s the unique perspective on both literacy and language. Examples of his study curricula are offered. A brief history of Muhammad’s own […]
(BPRW) Civil Rights Icon Rev. Al Sharpton Joins Citizens for Judicial Fairness to Demand Gov. Carney Diversify Delaware’s Supreme Court Rev. Al Sharpton: “An All-White Supreme Court Would Be a Terrible Stain on Democracy” Sharpton Urges Appointment of Justices of Color to Fill First State’s Two Looming High Court Vacancies (Black PR Wire) WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– […]
Kyra Harris Bolden has been appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court, thus making history as the first Black woman to serve on the state’s high court. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer chose Bolden, whom she described Bolden as “passionate about the law”, to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court. “She will bring a unique perspective to our […]
Jonathan Jasper Wright, the first African American to serve on a state Supreme Court, was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. In 1858, Wright traveled to Ithaca, New York where he enrolled in the Lancasterian Academy, a school where older students helped teach younger ones. Wright graduated in 1860 and for the next five years taught students in Pennsylvania. […]