Jackson-Akiwumi is the first ex-public defender and the only Black person to currently serve on the Seventh Circuit. She's the second Black woman in her position following Judge Ann Claire Williams, who retired in 2018.
The lawyer and educator continues to add her voice in the fight to normalize conversations around consent and accountability.
Lamar and his label Top Dawg Music are being sued for using a Bill Withers sample in his song “I Do This,” featured on his 2013 mixtape.
#HBO releases a photo of @kerrywashington (right) as #AnitaHill in the upcoming film #Confirmation. pic.twitter.com/mHLqbxeoJS — AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) June 17, 2015 In what’s sure to be an important film for the ages, photos of Kerry Washington portraying Anita Hill were released in anticipation for the upcoming HBO movie, Confirmation. The Scandal actress will portray Hill’s story, which ultimately launched the […]
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