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She Will Rise: Initiative Demanding a Black Woman Supreme Court Justice

April Ryan
September 25, 2020

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She Will Rise is an effort started by five Black women to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Joe Biden has stated that if elected, he will nominate a Black woman as the next Supreme Court Justice.

April Reign, the activist who created the #OscarsSoWhite movement speaks about the movement, systemic racism in law schools, and why She Will Rise will not meet with President Trump.

Click ▶️ to listen to AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan’s White House Report:

It cannot be overstated how critical #SCOTUS will continue to be in coming years

The future of #civilrights, voting rights, reproductive rights, & more hangs in the balance #SheWillRise wants a Black woman on the court making decisions in those cases: https://t.co/U5XzoH3pPt pic.twitter.com/34h1iC517k
— #SheWillRise (@sistascotus) September 25, 2020

Sherrilyn Ifill,
President & Director-Counsel of NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan