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The Black Sash was founded on 19 May 1955 by six middle-class white women, Jean Sinclair, Ruth Foley, Elizabeth McLaren, Tertia Pybus, Jean Bosazza and Helen Newton-Thompson. [1] The organisation was founded as the Women’s Defence of the Constitution League but was eventually shortened by the press as the Black Sash due to the women's habit ...
Scott W. Rothstein (born June 10, 1962) is an American disbarred lawyer, convicted felon, and the former managing shareholder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm. He funded an extravagant lifestyle with a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, one of the largest such in history. [ 1][ 2]
[32] [33] In late 2015, Crump began representing the family of Corey Jones, who was killed by a plainclothes officer while waiting for a tow truck in South Florida. [34] [35] In 2016, Crump began representing the family of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man shot and killed by a Tulsa police officer. [36] [37]
Florida is home to more than 22 million people, 17% of whom are African American, according to the latest census data.. The confluence of moves to upend diversity initiatives has been met with ...
Jones, the state’s first Black gay lawmaker, also discusses his possible run for governor in 2026. State Senator Shevrin Jones […] The post Florida’s Shevrin Jones never thought he’d have ...
Despite the progress, 1.6% is still a severe underrepresentation given that Black workers make up 13% of the labor force, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The case was filed by Erica Adams Kasper on behalf of Drew Adams, a minor at the time, against the school board of St. Johns County, Florida, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The lawsuit was filed after Adams was denied access to the boys' bathrooms at Nease High School. [1] [2] Kasper claimed that Adams's ...
Ruth Hayman (1913 - 1981) was a lawyer and anti- apartheid campaigner. She was one of the first women in South Africa to qualify as an attorney. Through the Black Sash organisation, Hayman offered free legal advice to many people, usually women, who had approached the Black Sash Advice Centre in Johannesburg, and often appeared herself in court ...