1.0Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Lawhttps://www.lawyerscommittee.orgLacy Crawford, Jrhttps://www.lawyerscommittee.org/author/lcrawford/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.lawyerscommittee.org/historic-day-historic-nominee-kristen-clarke-becomes-the-first-woman-confirmed-to-lead-the-civil-rights-division-at-the-department-of-justice/">Historic Day, Historic Nominee: Kristen Clarke to Lead Nation’s Civil Rights Division at DoJ</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lawyerscommittee.org/historic-day-historic-nominee-kristen-clarke-becomes-the-first-woman-confirmed-to-lead-the-civil-rights-division-at-the-department-of-justice/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Historic Day, Historic Nominee: Kristen Clarke to Lead Nation’s Civil Rights Division at DoJ” — Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://www.lawyerscommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Kristen_Clarke_president_and_executive_director_of_the_Lawyers_Committee_for_Civil_Rights_Under_Law_.jpg502366(Washington, D.C.) – In a historic vote that shattered another glass ceiling and swept in a new era of civil rights priorities at the highest levels of the federal government, the U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday afternoon to confirm Kristen Clarke as the assistant attorney general for civil rights. Clarke is the first woman confirmed to […]