| 词条 | Jacqueline A. Berrien |
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|name = Jacqueline A. Berrien |image = File:Jacqueline_Berrien.JPG |alt = |caption = |birth_date ={{birth date |1961|11|28}} |birth_place = Washington, D.C. |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2015|11|09|1961|11|28}} |death_place = Baltimore, Maryland |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = |nationality = |office = Chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |president = Barack Obama |term_start = April 7, 2010 |term_end = September 2, 2014 |predecessor = Naomi C. Earp |successor = Jenny R. Yang |party = |otherparty = |spouse = Peter M. Williams |partner = |relations = |children = |residence = Washington, D.C. |alma_mater = Oberlin College {{small|(B.A.)}} Harvard University {{small|(J.D.)}} |occupation = |profession = Attorney |committees = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt= |website = |footnotes = }} Jacqueline Ann Berrien (November 28, 1961 – November 9, 2015) headed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under President Obama from 2009 to 2014. She had previously been a lawyer and the Associate Director Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (NAACP LDF). Early lifeShe was born in Washington, D.C. on November 28, 1961. She graduated from Oberlin College and Harvard Law School. At Harvard she was general editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.[1] CareerShe was a program officer for the Ford Foundation, overseeing grants to often under-represented groups in the area of peace and justice from 2001 to 2004[2][3] She worked for the American Civil Liberties Union in the Women's Rights Project.[1] She worked for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.[3] She joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund as assistant counsel in 1994 with a focus on voting rights and school desegregation.[1] She was selected by President Barack Obama to head the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2009.[4] She also taught at Harvard Law School and New York Law School.[1] Personal lifeShe was married to Peter M. Williams and lived in Washington, D.C. She died of cancer in Baltimore on November 9, 2015.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam|title=Jacqueline Berrien, Head of E.E.O.C., Is Dead at 53|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/us/jacqueline-berrien-head-of-eeoc-is-dead-at-53.html|accessdate=November 12, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=November 11, 2015}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Berrien, Jacqueline A.}}2. ^{{cite news|title=Obama Chooses an EEOC Leader|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/us/politics/17brfs-OBAMACHOOSES_BRF.html|accessdate=November 12, 2015|agency=Bloomberg News|publisher=New York Times|date=July 16, 2009}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Simpson|first1=Scott|title=Civil and Human Rights Coalition Mourns Passing of Former EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien|url=http://www.civilrights.org/press/2015/jacqueline-berrien.html|accessdate=November 12, 2015|publisher=The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights|date=November 9, 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite news|title=President Obama Announces Pick to Head Equal Employment Opportunity Commission|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-pick-head-equal-employment-opportunity-commission|agency=Office of the Press Secretary|publisher=The White House|date=July 16, 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023203/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-announces-pick-head-equal-employment-opportunity-commission|archivedate=November 17, 2015|df=mdy-all}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20151112163749/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/09/statement-president-passing-jacqueline-berrien Archived] 14 : 1961 births|2015 deaths|African-American women lawyers|American women lawyers|African-American lawyers|Deaths from cancer in Maryland|Chairs of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission|Harvard Law School alumni|Harvard Law School faculty|New York Law School faculty|Oberlin College alumni|Lawyers from Washington, D.C.|Recess appointments|Women legal scholars |
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