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Edward Blum’s crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

Edward Blum stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 20, 2022. Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images by Julian Maxwell...

Sandra Day O’Connor, first female Supreme Court Justice, dies at 93

Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as a Supreme Court justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger as her husband John O'Connor watches on Sept....

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas moves to reverse the legacy of his predecessor, Thurgood Marshall

by Daniel Kiel, University of Memphis As public attention focuses on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ close personal and financial relationship with a politically active...

Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the land. Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the...

Judge Jackson Rewrites U.S. History as First Black Woman on the Supreme Court

After arduous and volatile hearings last month, the Democratic-controlled Senate confirmed Jackson by a 53-47 vote. At 2:17 p.m. EST, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson entered...

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as Supreme Court justice: 4 essential reads

The votes are there. Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. AP Photo/Susan Walsh by Matt Williams, The...

Race dominated Thurgood Marshall’s confirmation, too

Ketanji Brown Jackson, speaking during her confirmation hearing on March 22, 2022, would be the first Black woman to serve on the court. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty...

Harris Will Be Sworn In By Justice Sotomayor, Holding Thurgood Marshall’s Bible, For Inauguration

History was already made when Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was elected to become second in command to President-elect Joe Biden. History was again made on...

Two friends gone

by Dr. E. Faye Williams (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Cancer is not our friend! In one month, it has taken two awesome friends who, given their accomplishments, had the potential...

This Week In Black History…Week of June 10-16

Week of June 10-16 June 10 1760—Several sources list this at the birthday of Richard Allen—founder of the African  Methodist Episcopal Church. Other sources give his...

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