Rep. Cedric Richmond

Outgoing chairman and fellow CBC member transition to Biden Administration

NNPA NewswireJanuary 21, 2021

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF) today announced that Rep. Cedric Richmond will resign his role as board of directors chairman. He will transition from the CBCF board on January 19 in preparation to serve as senior adviser to the president and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement for President-Elect Joe Biden.

National News Political

Warren: Criminal justice System ‘Racist’…’Front to Back’

Bill Barrow and Chevel Johnson, Associated PressAugust 9, 2018

While speaking at a historically black college, the Massachusetts senator identified some of the system’s failures: disproportionate arrests of African Americans for petty drug possession; an overloaded public defender system; and state laws that keep convicted felons from voting even after their sentences are complete.

Education National News

Post-Katrina debt cleared for four southern colleges

Associated Press February 15, 2018

Three historically black universities in New Orleans and one in Mississippi will see about $330 million in post-Katrina debt owed to the federal government cleared under a provision in a congressional budget deal signed by President Donald Trump.