Black Fact of the Day: Tuesday September 15, 2020 – Brought to you by Black 365
The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School was named in honor of the esteemed attorney, 2015
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Black Fact of the Day: Thursday September 3, 2020 – Brought to you by Black365
Charles Hamilton Houston, the attorney who won several important cases against “Jim Crow” was born in D.C., 1895
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Biden reportedly had called Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), former Ambassador Susan Rice, and three other candidates to inform them on Tuesday morning that they were not his pick. Harris had routinely been seen as the top pick, but her clashes with Biden during the Democratic debates appeared to give Biden pause.
“Had there been no May 17, 1954 (the day the Supreme Court ruled in Brown V. Board of Education), I’m not sure there would have been a Little Rock. I’m not sure there would have been a Martin Luther King Jr., or Rosa Parks, had it not been for May 17, 1954. It created an environment for us to push, for us to pull,” Lewis said.
U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, delivered remarks at the National Action Network’s 2018 Convention. She reflected on the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and outlined the fights our country faces today.