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  2. Janai Nelson - Wikipedia

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    Janai Nelson is an American lawyer, who currently serves as the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF). She has argued cases concerning voting rights, capital murder, and discrimination in academia. She also served as a professor of Law.

  3. List of first minority male lawyers and judges in California

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    Hong Yen Chang (1888): [6] First Chinese American male lawyer in the U.S., but was denied the right to practice law in California [7] Washington J. Oglesby (1902): [8] [9] First African American male to pass the California State Bar exam in 1896, but was refused bar admittance until 1902; Theodore Grady (1897): [10] First deaf male lawyer in ...

  4. California approves $50 million to protect immigrants and ...

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    Newsom signed a $2.5 billion package for fire relief into law last month to help fund the state’s disaster response including evacuations, sheltering survivors and removing household hazardous ...

  5. State Bar of California - Wikipedia

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    The State Bar of California is an administrative division of the Supreme Court of California which licenses attorneys and regulates the practice of law in California. [2] It is responsible for managing the admission of lawyers to the practice of law, investigating complaints of professional misconduct, prescribing appropriate discipline, accepting attorney-member fees, and financially ...

  6. California lawmakers pass landmark bills to atone for racism ...

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    California lawmakers this week passed some of the nation’s most ambitious legislation aimed at atoning for a legacy of racist policies that drove disparities for Black people, from housing to ...

  7. John EchoHawk - Wikipedia

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    After law school, Echohawk joined the staff of California Indian Legal Services [2] then joined other lawyers and tribal members to form the Native American Rights Fund in 1970, [4] which was similar in goals to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (both were based on civil rights activism of minority groups).

  8. California Voting Rights Act - Wikipedia

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    The Act was signed into law by Governor Gray Davis on July 9, 2002. [1] In 2016, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 350, which amended Section 10010 of the elections code to provide a 45-day "safe harbor" limit after the receipt of a letter from potential plaintiffs in CVRA cases. The amendment took effect on January 1, 2017, and ...

  9. Investing in the Black community - AOL

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    Loans from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) Grants.gov database for federal grants programs. Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Famous Black investors. Robert ...