Justice Department Civil Rights Division

Kristen Clarke Becomes First Black Women Confirmed by Senate to Head DOJ’s Civil Rights Division

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 28, 2021

Republicans opposed the nomination, but Clarke won confirmation because Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) used the chamber’s “Discharge Petition” to move her candidacy forward and vote.

DNC on Eric Dreiband’s Appointment to head the Civil Rights Division

Sentinel News ServiceOctober 15, 2018

DNC Chair and former head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Tom Perez released the following statement on the Trump administration’s appointment of Eric Dreiband to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division