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Article: Three blacks trailblaze in district attorney posts. (recently confirmed U.S. attorneys Gaynelle Jones, Vickie LaGrange, and Eric Holder)
- Article from:
- Jet
- Article date:
- October 18, 1993
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The long-awaited "rainbow effect" in the nation's law enforcement program began to take shape as three Blacks were confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the first of their race ever to serve as U.S. Attorneys in the nation's capital, Texas, and Oklahoma.
With more than a hundred district attorney and federal judge-ships still unfilled, President Clinton has the opportunity to carry out even more of one of his campaign promises--to open the federal law enforcement ranks to minorities and women." Key positions still vacant are the Justice Department's civil rights legal post and the chairmanship of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Scheduled to be ...