BLACK FEMALE PROMOTIONS FOR THE US CAPITOL POLICE

It has been almost eleven years after Charles Jerome Ware, the nationally-recognized trial attorney who first represented the U.S. Capitol Black Police Association in 2001, filed the landmark discrimination complaint in U.S. District Court against the Capitol Hill Police department.

Now, in the year 2012, the U.S. Capitol Police has promoted its first two black female captains: Yogananda Pittman and Monique Moore.

The promotions were significant not only for the two women but also for the department. Nearly one-third of the department's sworn workforce is African-American.

Approximately 300 or so black male and female officers were named plaintiffs in Ware's 2001 civil lawsuit.

[www.deseretnews.com/article/765564771/Milestone-promotions-for-the-US-CapitolPolice; Associated Press (AP), 03/31/2012, Eric Tucker; newsone.com/us-capitolpolice-promter-1st-black-female-officers, 04-02-2012]