Around Brooklyn: Yvette Clarke congratulates ACLU President
Yvette Clarke Congratulates ACLU President
U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-East Flatbush, Central Brooklyn) released the following statement celebrating American Civil Liberties Union president, Deborah Archer. Archer will be the first Jamaican-American president of the ACLU. “I would like to extend a sincere congratulations to Deborah Archer, the new president of the ACLU. After 101 years, it is high time that a person of color holds this position. More aptly, I am proud that the first Black president of the ACLU is of Jamaica-American heritage,” said Clarke.
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