NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (TNSres) -- The Columbia Law School issued the following news: * * * Author Tomiko Brown-Nagin visits Columbia Law School to discuss her book Civil Rights Queen. * * * Constance Baker Motley '46, the second Black woman to graduate from Columbia Law School, had a prodigious and trailblazing career. She was mentored by NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) founder Thurgood Marshall; cowrote briefs in Brown v. Board of Education; argued 10 civil rights cases before the Supreme Court;  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., introduced a resolution on Nov. 8, 2023. The text of the resolution was released on Dec. 20. H. Res. 854. A resolution expressing support for the designation of November 8, 2023, as "National First- Generation College Celebration Day"; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The resolution is cosponsored by Reps. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., Terri A. Sewell, D-Ala., Kevi  more

CRESTVIEW HILLS, Kentucky, Dec. 21 -- Thomas More University issued the following news release: The Catholic Herald, a London-based Roman Catholic monthly magazine, released its "U.S. Catholic Universities and Colleges Guide 2023: Top 25," with Thomas More University included on the list. Thomas More was the only university in the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati region to be included, with more than 200 Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. in contention. Criteria used to create the list   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release: What: The 47th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005), civil rights pioneer and the first African American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court and the first to serve as a federal judge. The dedication ceremony for this Forever stamp is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtags #ConstanceBakerMotley and #BlackHeritageStamp  more