First African-American woman to sit on N.C.’s Supreme Court resigns

Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson, the first African-American woman to be appointed to N.C.'s Supreme Court is retiring.

The first African-American woman to serve on North Carolina’s Supreme Court Patricia Timmons-Goodson will step down in December. Justice Timmons-Goodson sent her letter of resignation to North Carolina’s Governor last week. In her letter she … Read More

Black lawyer expected to be named President of Tennessee State University

Glenda Baskin Glover, Ph.D, JD, CPA is expected to be named the next President of Tennessee State University.

Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, JD, CPA is expected to be named the next President of Tennessee State University, the 100-year-old historically black college located in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday. Read More

NAACP LDF announces the appointment of new President & Director-Counsel

Civil Rights Attorney & Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill Named President and Director-Counsel of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)

Civil Rights Attorney & Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill Named President and Director-Counsel of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Read More

Friday Early Morning Reads

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Here’s a list of some stories we bookmarked and we felt worth giving a read early this A.M. Read More

Black lawyer and congresswoman Marcia Fudge elected Congressional Black Caucus Chair

Rep. Marcia Fudge, Esq. (D-OH)

Black lawyer and congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-OH) has been elected the next chair of Congressional Black Caucus and will assume those duties at the start of the 113th Congress in January. Read More