Behind Biden's high court pledge: Black women's growing power

January 30, 2022

"In 233 years, there's never been one…that means that that lived experience of Black women has never been represented on that court."

—Melanie Campbell, president of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

The gist:

Black women are taking control of the narrative. “More than 100 influential Black women leaders thanked President Joe Biden in a letter for honoring his promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.” The letter serves to express “express their readiness to mobilize around the eventual Black woman nominee ahead of what's expected to be a rough confirmation process.”

This woman, we will have her back.'"

—Karen Finney, a senior Democratic strategist and CNN contributor who helped craft the letter,

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