Because of Them We Can Weekly Roundup
She's ready to bring change on the federal level! Rachael Rollins, the first Black woman to be named a district attorney in Massachusetts, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to become the state's top federal prosecutor. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Rollins would become the first Black woman to serve as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. "Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins is incredibly humbled by the great honor...
Another leader has gone home! Civil rights activist Robert Parris Moses, who led Black voter registration drives in the American South, has passed away at 86 years old, according to The Grio. He was the Mississippi field director of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee during the Civil Rights Movement, working to end segregation. He was also central to the to the “Freedom Summer” of 1964, mobilizing hundreds of students to go down south...
He's a hero! Ray Lucas saved his infant twin daughters from a house fire in Detroit. On July 16, the father of two came home from running errands with his girlfriend and children's mother, Shi'ann Brown, to their family house engulfed in flames. His aunt and niece were able to escape, but he knew his children were still inside. Lucas jumped into action, running to the basement to save his...
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