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David Alan Johnson (Chief)

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Haywood County. Watson Fellow. @univofthesouth’19. MPP Candidate and Pearson Fellow @HarrisPolicy / @UChicago. J.D. Candidate @pennlaw #TransitionalJustice

 Tennessee, USA
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🎉 Congrats to Astonique Robinson L’25, the first Penn Carey Law student to receive the @SusmanGodfrey Prize, which provides law students of color ongoing mentorship from the firm's partners and associates. penncareylaw.news/45rtdKp
2024 Susman Godfrey Prize Recipient

2024 Susman Godfrey Prize Recipient

Astonique Robinson L’25 is the first Penn Carey Law student to receive the Susman Godfrey Prize.

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The Associated Press
@AP9 May 2024
Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for Roger Fortson’s family said Wednesday.
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Franklin Leonard
@franklinleonard26 Apr 2024
Emory University Economics professor Caroline Fohlin's arrest video was bad in a vacuum but seeing what precedes it makes it even worse. Dark times.
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Jill Freshwater@MaryLittleton20 Apr 2024
64 yrs ago today, in the early morning hours, terrorists attempted to assassinate attorney & Nashville Councilman Z. Alexander Looby & his wife Grafta by bombing their North Nashville home. – at Tennessee, USA
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🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Cathie Struve, honored with @Penn's 2024 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. penncareylaw.news/3TJLyOC
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@NBCNews11 Mar 2024
In a challenge to the state’s new anti-DEI rules, the head of the NAACP is calling on Black student athletes to reconsider attending Florida public colleges and universities. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/naa…
NAACP calls on Black student-athletes to boycott Florida public colleges over anti-DEI policy

NAACP calls on Black student-athletes to boycott Florida public colleges over anti-DEI policy

“If these institutions are unable to completely invest in those athletes, it’s time they take their talents elsewhere,” the leader of the civil rights organization said.

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Janai Nelson@JNelsonLDF19 Feb 2024
What a rock star line-up of LDF alums @DamonTHewitt @CaraMcClellan6 Johnathan Smith and @ChristinaSwarns. Huge congrats to @RossDeuel on receiving a well-deserved award from @pennlaw’s BLSA!
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@ChristinaSwarns19 Feb 2024
What a beautiful evening! Thanks to @pennlaw’s Black Law Student Association for hosting this @NAACP_LDF reunion! @Smith_JohnJ gave the powerful keynote, @RossDeuel was recognized for his extraordinary democracy work and I received a lifetime achievement award.
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Christina Swarns
@ChristinaSwarns19 Feb 2024
What a beautiful evening! Thanks to @pennlaw’s Black Law Student Association for hosting this @NAACP_LDF reunion! @Smith_JohnJ gave the powerful keynote, @RossDeuel was recognized for his extraordinary democracy work and I received a lifetime achievement award.
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On Saturday, February 17, Penn Carey Law’s BLSA is hosting the 36th Annual Sadie T.M. Alexander Commemorative Conference, which will focus on the past, present, and future of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. penncareylaw.news/49jJwKK
The Continued Fight for Equality

The Continued Fight for Equality

Penn Carey Law’s BLSA hosted the 36th Annual Sadie T.M. Alexander Commemorative Conference, which focused on the past, present, and future of the Civil Rig...

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CBS Mornings
@CBSMornings18 Jan 2024
Spelman College announces a record-breaking $100 million donation — the largest-ever single donation to any HBCU: “Today is a major step to ensure more young women can achieve their dreams.”
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@Phil_Lewis_4 Jan 2024
I was today years old when I found out this is John Hope Franklin’s father. What a lineage
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Buck Colbert Franklin was a Black lawyer who survived the 1921 Tulsa race massacre and fought on the behalf of other survivors Photo circa 1901
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🧵 on Justice Thomas's GoFundMe campaign.
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Janai Nelson@JNelsonLDF20 Nov 2023
The 8th Circuit's decision holding that private citizens can't enforce Sec. 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965- as they have since its inception-is a disgraceful circumvention of precedent & a welcome mat for accelerated & targeted voting discrimination. politico.com/news/2023/11/20…
Federal appeals court ruling threatens enforcement of the Voting Rights Act

Federal appeals court ruling threatens enforcement of the Voting Rights Act

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Janai Nelson@JNelsonLDF20 Nov 2023
BLACK FARMERS: The Inflation Reduction Act provides $2.2 billion in financial assistance for farmers, ranchers & forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA’s lending programs b4 Jan. 1, 2021. Applications are open, free & due Jan. 13, 2024. 22007apply.gov
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Are you or someone you know a Black farmer in the U.S.? If so, check out our FAQ for helpful tax and IRA information: naacpldf.org/case-issue/blac…
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Equal Justice Initiative
@eji_org10 Nov 2023
On November 10, 1898, a shocking coup was executed in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white mobs led by former Confederate Colonel Alfred Moore Waddell overthrew the city’s elected biracial government and massacred 60 or more Black men. eji.org/news/wilmington-mass…
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898

The Wilmington Massacre of 1898

A shocking coup was executed Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Equal Justice Initiative
@eji_org7 Nov 2023
On this day in 1931, a segregated Georgia hospital refused to admit Juliette Derricotte, Dean of Fisk University, and one of her students after a serious car accident. They both died as a result. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…
November 7, 1931 | A History of Racial Injustice

November 7, 1931 | A History of Racial Injustice

On this day, a segregated Georgia hospital's refusal to care for Black people causes the death of two women.

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Equal Justice Initiative
@eji_org9 Oct 2023
On this day in 1893, a white mob lynched Bob Hudson, a Black man, in Weakley County, TN, after he defended his wife, who was targeted because she filed assault charges against a white man. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…
October 9th, 1893 | A History of Racial Injustice

October 9th, 1893 | A History of Racial Injustice

On this day, Bob Hudson was lynched and his wife was beaten in Weakley County, Tennessee.

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@Penn5 Oct 2023
.@pennlaw student Jalen Starks worked this summer on mergers and acquisitions issues as a 1L summer associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, an international law firm. bit.ly/3LDTzQL
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@AdamParkhomenko29 Sep 2023
I can’t stop watching this
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Thurgood Marshall Institute@TMI_LDF2 Oct 2023
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first Black Supreme Court Justice #OTD in 1967. His tremendous legacy as a civil rights leader lives on here at the Thurgood Marshall Institute.
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ALT Thurgood Marshall giving a speech

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