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Judge Rowan Wilson “I ecstatically welcome Judge Rowan Wilson’s confirmation as New York’s first Black Chief Judge and thank Governor Kathy Hochul for her wise and history-making nomination,” Hermelyn, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, who chairs the Brooklyn Democratic Party, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).

      *Laura Coates, a CNN senior legal analyst and Sirius XM host based out of Washington D.C. was supposed to take over the news network’s 11 p.m. hour after newly-ousted Don Lemon was moved from the 10 and 11 p.m. slot to mornings last fall. CNN had announced in January that Alisyn Camerota would anchor the 10 p.m. hour, and Coates would take over at 11 p.m.

     Thomas’ predecessor on the court, Thurgood Marshall, was a civil rights lawyer before becoming a justice. In 1991, in his final opinion before retiring after a quarter century on the court, Marshall warned that his fellow justices’ growing appetite to revisit – and reverse – prior decisions would ultimately “squander the authority and legitimacy of this Court as a protector of the powerless.”

During the past month, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has released several episodes of “The I AM Story,” a new podcast detailing the history and legacy of the historic 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike. The comprehensive series examines the origins of the strike and events leading up to the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated on April 4th, 55 years ago while in Memphis supporting the strikers.