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Howard grad becomes California’s first female and first African American attorney general
Harris attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and received her Juris Doctor (JD) from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1989.
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NAACP chief criticized for backing legalizing pot
The president of the NAACP’s California chapter said she will continue her support of an initiative to legalize marijuana despite criticism from some religious leaders who have called on her to resign her post at the civil rights organization.