FTC Chair praises Justice Thomas for Black History Month in staff memo

Dear Colleagues,

Last Friday, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation recognizing February 2025 as National Black History Month, and “call[ed] upon public officials … and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.” In his Proclamation, President Trump correctly noted that “black Americans have been among our country’s most consequential leaders, shaping the cultural and political destiny of our Nation in profound ways,” and identified as “Frederick Douglass,…