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NAACP HIRES DOJ CIVIL RIGHTS CHIEF IN BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

  • NEWS Desk Global
  • 4 days ago
  • 1 min read

Kristen Clarke, who led the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division under Democratic President Joe Biden, will serve as the NAACP's general ​counsel as the largest U.S. civil rights group looks to counter ‌what it describes as escalating attacks on voting rights.

The group on Wednesday said it was expanding its "legal firepower" by hiring Clarke, who was the first woman and the first ​Black woman to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant attorney general ​for the Civil Rights Division.

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