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Chicago Sun-Times: Senate confirms Jackson-Akiwumi for 7th Circuit Court of Appeals: Only Black judge on Chicago panel

June 25, 2021

This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on June 24, 2021.

Nan Aron, the president of the liberal Alliance for Justice, said in a statement, “Biden has made an important commitment to transforming our courts through bringing real professional and demographic diversity to the federal bench” and “Jackson-Akiwumi’s confirmation is a critically important step in this direction.”

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