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(BPRW) Citizens for Pro-Business Delaware Calls on Governor Carney to Emulate President Biden’s Commitment to Appointing Black Justice to Supreme Court Following Justice Stephen Breyer’s Retirement | Press releases

(BPRW) Citizens for Pro-Business Delaware Calls on Governor Carney to Emulate President Biden’s Commitment to Appointing Black Justice to Supreme Court Following Justice Stephen Breyer’s Retirement Pressure Mounts for Gov. Carney to follow President Biden’s lead and commit to appointing Black justice to replace retiring Chancery Court Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights (Black PR Wire) WILMINGTON, […]

Charles E. Freeman, The First District Judge Of The Illinois Supreme Court Was A Sigma

Did you know that criminal justice icon Charles Freeman was a Sigma? Freeman was a proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Charles Freeman was an African American attorney who served as the first African American Justice of The Illinois Supreme Court. He was elected into office on November 6, 1990. Freeman was born […]

Robert Morton Duncan, The First Black Ohio Supreme Court Justice Was A Member of Kappa Alpha Psi

Did you know that Robert Morton Duncan was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi? Duncan pledged the Zeta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Duncan was born on August 24, 1927, in Urbana, Ohio, and graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1948. In 1952, he graduated from Ohio […]

The First Black Woman to Practice Law Before A U.S. Supreme Court Was Zeta Phi Beta’s 8th President!

Did you know that the first African American woman to practice law before the United States Supreme Court was a member of Zeta Phi Beta? It is true! Violette Neatley Anderson was one of the biggest advocates for landmark pieces of legislation that helped sharecroppers in the South secure rights and economic mobility. Anderson was […]

(BPRW) Delaware State Supreme Court Launches “Delaware Bench and Bar Diversity Project” Following Years of Advocacy From Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware | Press releases

(BPRW) Delaware State Supreme Court Launches “Delaware Bench and Bar Diversity Project” Following Years of Advocacy From Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware CPBD Pledges to Hold Project Accountable to Goals to Bolster Diversity in Delaware’s Top Courts (Black PR Wire) WILMINGTON, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– After years of tireless advocacy diversity by Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware […]

A Top Pick For Possible Supreme Court Vacancy Says Experience As A Black American ‘Might Be Valuable’

As advocates call for President Joe Biden to nominate a Black woman to one of the appellate courts, which is predominantly white, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is poised to fill a vacancy on the highly regarded U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Jackson is one of three Black women among Biden’s first slate of […]

Victims Of Excessive Force From Cops Can Sue Police Under New US Supreme Court Ruling

A new ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court could provide victims of excessive force by an officer a clear path to receiving justice. In a 5-3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a New Mexico woman who is seeking to sue two officers who she said violated her Fourth Amendment right which prohibits law […]

Lil Nas X Reigns Supreme With The Clapbacks After Tekashi69 Hurls Homophobic Insult

The Internet had a good laugh on Thursday when Lil Nas X responded to a homophobic insult from Tekashi69 by reminding the rapper that he was previously in his DMs. The funny fracas started when Tekashi69, now a year removed from being released from prison, shared an article on Instagram titled, “China Makes COVID-19 Anal Swabs Mandatory […]