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Honorable Robert L. Carter, a revered jurist who has served as U.S.
District Judge for the southern district of New York since 1972, turned
91 years old Monday. Prior to beginning his 36 years on the bench,
Judge Carter served as assistant special counsel and general counsel
for the NAACP from 1944-1962, winning 21 of 22 cases argued before the
U.S. Supreme Court; as director of veterans affairs for the American
Veterans Committee; and as partner in the firm of Poletti Freidin
Prashker Feldman & Gartner. Over the course of a distinguished
career that has spanned seven decades, he has received countless awards
honoring his professional excellence and earned publication in a litany
of major American law reviews and legal journals. (Photo courtesy of
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice) |
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| Thelma
Sprinkle, a lifelong resident of Roxbury, has retired from the City of
Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) after 10 years of
service. Prior to her tenure at DND, Sprinkle spent eight years with
the Boston Public Schools. At a recent retirement party held in her
honor attended by 70 colleagues, friends and family members, Sprinkle
was presented with parting gifts, as well as a plaque recognizing her
for providing “… a welcoming voice and a warm heart to callers,
visitors and staff alike.” (Photo courtesy of Department of
Neighborhood Development) |
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| City
Councilor Charles C. Yancey (center) joins hundreds of children in
attendance for his 22nd Annual Book Fair, held March 1. Over 1,500
participants crowded into Dorchester’s Prince Hall for the event,
founded by Yancey and his wife Marzetta in 1987. (Photo courtesy of
City Councilor C. Charles Yancey) |
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| Harvard
law professor and author Randall Kennedy reads a passage from his new
book, “Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal,” to an audience of
over 100 at Harvard Law School’s Ames Courtroom last Wednesday evening.
(Tony Irving photo) |
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| Barbara
Dougan, director of the Families Against Mandatory Minimums campaign in
Massachusetts (far left) and Jeff Stone of City-Wide Dialogues on
Boston’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity (far right) host the city’s
Community Ombudsman Oversight Panel, or CO-OP, for a March 7 meeting at
the offices of the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association. The
members of the board charged with reviewing complaints of police
misconduct against citizens are Northeastern University School of Law
Professor David Hall (second from left), retired former state Parole
Board member Ruth Suber (center) and New England School of Law Dean
John F. O’Brien (second from right). (Tony Irving photo) |
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