Vanguard, how black women overcame barriers vanguard how black women broke barriers, won the vote, and insisted on equality for all this book is fascinating. You have to get it. It starts with doctor joneses grandmother, soucie jones, and i must admit i have not finished the book, but it has Amazing Stories of women who really have made a difference. We look forward, dr. Jones, to hearing your story. So let me just tell you a little bit about doctor jones. She was born in Central Harlem and was originally trained as an attorney and was working on social justice issues after being trained at in new york. So at the law school, she became a Public Interest lawyer and spent nearly ten years representing homeless people, people with mental illness, People Living with aids. And in 1994, she was awarded fellowship on the future of the city of new york at Columbia University based on her lawyering work. And there, her career took an interesting turn as she was drawn to the research and writing
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Share. Both covered amenities. Good afternoon, everybody. Thanks for coming. Last night the president was honored to announce judge neil gorsuch as his nominee to serve as the next justice of the Supreme Court. It was an unbelievably phenomenal evening. After being announced, judge gorsuch met with maureen and father scalia as someone of you have reported, his first call after coming back behind the podium was to Merrick Garland who also has come out to say judge gorsuch deserves a fair hearing. In less than 24 hours, he received a widespread praise from across the political spectrum as an inspired choice with sterling academic credentials, a brilliant legal mind, and a steadfast commitment to constitutional principles. During his long career in public service, judge gorsuch enjoyed bipartisan approval having previously been confirmed by voice vote to the u. S. Court of appeals for the 10th circuit. In fact, 12 current Democratic Senators including minority leader Chuck Schumer, fine f