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City Council candidate Stanley Martin stands in front of an informal memorial to Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. Prude was a man with mental health and drug issues who died last year after being taken into police custody.
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Stanley Martin was one of the Black Lives Matter activists who organized last year s protests in Rochester, N.Y. She pushed to change policing from outside the system.
This year, Martin is seeking change from the inside, running in the Rochester City Council primary on June 22. Her focus: reimagining public safety. To Martin, this means a radical new plan to abolish the police gradually.
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These stellar public servants have made vital contributions to American life.
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One of the myriad ways Black Americans have contributed to the growth and development of the United States has been through service in the federal government despite substantialbarriers to their success.
For the past two years,
Government Executive has recognized distinguished public servants throughout American history via induction into the Government Hall of Fame. Many of the inductees are Black leaders who have served in critical positions in the U.S. government some prominent, some lesser-known. All, however, have made powerful contributions to American life and history, from giving voice to enslaved Black people to making calculations vital to John Glenn’s historic space flight.