How Many Brown v. Board Deniers Can The Senate Rubber Stamp?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rafael Medina, [email protected], 202.869.0390

WASHINGTON – Kristine Lucius, executive vice president for policy and government affairs at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the confirmation of Clifton Corker to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.Corker refused to state that the U.S. Supreme Court correctly decided Brown v. Board of Education:

“The Senate has confirmed another nominee who failed to state that Brown was correctly decided. This trend is unacceptable. How many Brown deniers does it take for the Senate to change course? While more Trump nominees have finally affirmed that the Supreme Court decision to end legal American apartheid was correct, it is not enough. The Senate must reject any nominee who does not fully clarify their answer for the record. With 65 years having passed since the unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision, our country deserves better than judges who still equivocate on the matter.”

May 2019 marked 65 years since the Supreme Court’s unanimous Brown v. Board ruling that struck down the shameful doctrine of ‘separate but equal.’ Read The Leadership Conference’s letter and updated list of nominees we are calling on senators to oppose, including Clifton Corker, who refused to state unequivocally that Brown was correctly decided.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.