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Politics: President Jimmy Carter Newsletter for 2021-07-18 ( 3 items )  
Antioch College: Petition to Rename Purdue Building After A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. '49 (10)
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, July 16 (TNSBook) -- Antioch College issued the following news: The book, In The Matters of Color: Race and the American Legal Process, by Antioch College alumnus A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. '49 has inspired group of Purdue University alumni to launch a Change.org petition to rename Elliot Hall at Purdue after Higginbotham. The building is named for former Purdue University President Edward C. Elliot in 1958 whose administration's housing policy barred racial integration, ho more PR

Chairman Nadler Issues Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Importance of Diverse Federal Judiciary, Part 2 (10)
WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on July 12, 2021, during a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet hearing entitled "The Importance of a Diverse Federal Judiciary, Part 2: The Selection and Confirmation Process": * * * "Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this series of hearings on the importance of a diverse federal judiciary. I appreciate the opportunity to focus t more PR

Rotary Club International Awards Fellowship to ICN Chief Executive Officer Howard Catton in Recognition of Organisation's Contribution to Nursing and Health of Communities Worldwide (10)
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 14 -- The International Council of Nurses issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: ICN Chief Executive Officer Howard Catton has been made a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club International organisation. Rotary Club International is a global network with 1.2 million members whose aim is to solve the world's problems through passion, energy, and intelligence. Its 35,000 clubs work to address the most persistent problems, including promoting peace, fighting more PR