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Cecilia Marshall (second from left), Justice Thurgood Marshall (right) and their two sons (Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage)

Cecilia ‘Cissy’ Marshall, Widow of Thurgood Marshall, Dies at 94

by Jamila Bey November 23, 2022November 23, 2022

Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, a former NAACP legal secretary and widow of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died Tuesday Nov. 22. She was with her family when she passed away in Falls Church. She was 94. Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat, was born in Maui to immigrant parents. Her father […]

**FILE** President Joe Biden walks past draped America flags along the Colonnade of the White House, Monday, November 15, 2021, en route to sign the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

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by WI Web Staff November 22, 2022November 23, 2022

Students from universities in North Carolina joined demonstrators from across the country at the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 31 while arguments were heard seeking to eliminate consideration of race in college admissions. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: SCOTUS’s Actions Are No Shocker

by WI Editorial Staff November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference Education Fund, talks to demonstrators in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in northeast D.C. on Oct. 31 about her support for affirmative action and the progress of education in America. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

JEALOUS: Tell the Supreme Court — We Still Need Affirmative Action

by Ben Jealous November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

For African Americans, the pending Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade conjures up memories of the Plessy v. Ferguson case and the fight over segregation and other previously denied equal rights. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)

MALVEAUX: Race Neutrality is Anti-Blackness

by Julianne Malveaux November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

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WILLAMS: Is Brown Next?

by E. Faye Williams November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

Students from universities in North Carolina joined demonstrators from across the country at the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 31 while arguments were heard seeking to eliminate consideration of race in college admissions. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Latest Attack on Affirmative Action Heads to Supreme Court

by Maya Pottiger November 2, 2022November 3, 2022

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EDITORIAL: Affirmative Action is a Cure that Needs More Time

by WI Editorial Staff November 2, 2022November 3, 2022

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson waves during an April 8 event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington celebrating her confirmation as the first Black female Supreme Court justice, as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris look on. (Photo by Lauren Victoria Burke)

A Book of Poetry Honoring Ketanji Brown Jackson to Premiere as First Black Female SCOTUS Justice Takes Seat

by WI Web Staff September 30, 2022November 2, 2022

Protesters gather at the Supreme Court on July 6 before marching to the Capitol building. (Kayla Benjamin/The Washington Informer)

Divine 9 Targets Roe v. Wade Repeal With ‘Tell Somebody’ Campaign

by Stacy M. Brown September 14, 2022September 14, 2022