Twenty-two years ago, a Black, Howard University-educated lawyer officially warned America about the consequences of electing an authoritarian, anti-immigrant president who constantly maligned the media (No, not that one).
Sounding the alarm on a dictatorial presidential administration that demonized the press, attacked immigrants and ignored the law, Judge Damon Keith predicted the demise of an entire system of government. Keith’s moment of truth was forever codified in 2002’s Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft and was eventually paraphrased by one of the most celebrated journalists in American history. In 2017, Read more at www.thegrio.com.
