Senate Confirms Gupta as First Woman of Color to Serve as Associate Attorney General

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Contact: Stephen Peters, [email protected], 202.466.1887

WASHINGTON — Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the below statement following today’s historic, bipartisan Senate confirmation of Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general: 

“Vanita Gupta has broken through barriers her entire career in a life-long commitment fighting for the civil rights of every individual in this country, especially those in marginalized communities. It is no surprise she is making history yet again, this time as the first civil rights attorney and woman of color to serve as associate attorney general. Now she must quickly get to work alongside Attorney General Garland, repairing the Justice Department’s deeply tarnished reputation and restoring its role as chief enforcer of our civil rights.”

A wide range of individuals, organizations, and coalitions across partisan and ideological divides supported Gupta’s nomination.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 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.

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