Senate confirms Kristen Clarke as first Black woman to lead DOJ civil rights division
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Democrats confirmed Kristen Clarke on Tuesday as the first Black woman to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights division, a historic step that would come on the anniversary of George Floyd's killing -- and after a vitriolic campaign by Republicans over her stance on policing.
The vote was 51-48 with Sen. Susan Collins as the only Republican voting for her confirmation. Clarke's confirmation breaks barriers in a department that was established in 1957. A first-generation born American whose parents immigrated from Jamaica, West Indies, Clarke earned degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University School of Law.
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