Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware, Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, and Pastor Blaine Hackett Launch $500,000 TV Ad

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the recent retirement announcement of Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights III from Delaware’s Court of Chancery, Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware is announcing the launch of a six-figure campaign calling on Governor Carney to nominate a Black justice on the all-white Chancery Court.

Today, Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware released a new television advertisement, “Join Our Voices,” featuring national civil rights leaders Reverend Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, as well as local faith leader and activist Pastor Blaine Hackett. The ad calls on Governor Carney to appoint a Black justice to the Chancery Court for just the second time in the court’s 230-year history.