Tag: supreme court
Black Women in the South Have Been Bracing for Roe’s Fall...
Char Adams and Bracey Harris
NBC News
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Tight restrictions on abortion have already placed the procedure out of reach for...
Ketanji Brown Jackson Breaks Through A ‘Concrete Ceiling’
By Nyah Marshall
Howard University News Service
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is officially confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court with a historical vote that makes her...
Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to...
By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav
CNN
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday in a historic vote that paves the...
Birmingham-Area Lawyers on Judge Jackson’s Historic Supreme Court Nomination
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson fielded questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee this week after being the first Black woman...
Black Girls Who See Themselves in the Supreme Court Nominee
By Annie Ma
Associated Press
In 2013, as she watched President Barack Obama's second inauguration, 7-year-old Veronica Bofah decided she wanted to be just like him....
Edelman: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Breaking Another Barrier
By Marian Wright Edelman
At the White House event where President Biden introduced her as the nominee for the United States Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji...
AKA Sorority Inc., Supports Ketanji Brown Jackson for U.S. Supreme Court...
By Glenda Glover
Steeped in far more than historical significance, the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the highest court of the land would represent...
A Listing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nearly Two Dozen...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Birmingham have been intertwined ever since the Civil Rights leader helped dismantle segregation in...
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
By Mark Sherman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second...
First Black Woman Appointed To Serve As Supreme Court Chief Justice...
By Kimberly Richards
Black Voices
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Tuesday appointed Cheri Beasley to be the chief justice of the state’s Supreme Court....