African Americans in the United States face an array of challenges, including barriers to building economic wealth, an erosion of voting rights, persiste
In an opinion piece published in the New York Daily News , Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Maya Wiley, incoming president and CEO of the organization, celebrate the Senate’s historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an associate justice of the U.S.
NNPA NEWSWIRE “We applaud the Senate Judiciary Committee for taking a critical step towards a U.S. Supreme Court that represents our communities and fulfills the promise of equal justice under law,” Wade Henderson, the CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, remarked.
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Teachers, nonprofits and progressive activists are organizing new counteroffensives against Republican bids to limit classroom discussions on race and gender.