![]() I'm shocked and stunned to learn of the death today on legal analyst Midwin was a brilliant sister. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family. I am stunned and saddened to learn the news about the loss of Midwin Charles. I will miss her and am praying for her family and especially for her mother whom she adored and spoke of so often. She was a brilliant beautiful legal mind. We worked together on In Session/Court TV. Midwin was such a wonderful, brilliant, kind, and beautiful soul. Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy & Masks Reid □ April 7, 2021 To all, please live every moment like it’s your last, and OVER-appreciate your friends.□□♀️ /IYZrHPGaUL I’m just stunned, and have been since I learned of this today. Midwin dear heart, you were a brilliant spirit and beautiful soul. See some of the tributes to Charles below. May she rest in power,” CNN commentator Keith Boykin said. ![]() “I am stunned and saddened to learn the news about the loss of Midwin Charles. Rest my dear friend,” “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin wrote.Īlso Read: Linda Torres, 'Big Ang' Reality Star, Dies of COVID-19 at 67 Our hearts are broken,” activist and commentator Marc Lamont Hill said. ![]() To all, please live every moment like it’s your last, and OVER-appreciate your friends.” I’m just stunned, and have been since I learned of this today,” MSNBC’s Joy Reid said. “Midwin dear heart, you were a brilliant spirit and beautiful soul. She served as a member of the Civil Rights Committee for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, lectured at Syracuse University and wrote for HuffPost.įollowing the news of her death, Charles’ friends and peers expressed shock and grief, and paid tribute to her on social media. She was a member of the Dean’s Diversity Council for American University’s Washington College of Law, served on the board at Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN). She was also a contributor to Essence Magazine and appeared as a commentator on law, pop culture and politics for CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Bloomberg TV, and TV One among others. “You basically can think outside of the box and succeed at it and do very well,” said Charles after the 2013 symposium.Also Read: Mark Elliott, Renowned Voiceover Artist of Disney Movie Trailers, Dies at 81Ī graduate of Syracuse University who received her law degree from American University, Charles founded the law firm Midwin Charles & Associates LLC. Charles pushed the boundaries of possibility and wanted to share that knowledge with future legal minds. She was also a member of the Dean’s Diversity Council for American University’s College of Law.Ĭommitted to giving back, Charles launched the Infinite Possibilities of the Law Degree symposium in 2011. ![]() She was active in community affairs serving as a board member for The Haitian Roundtable and the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and serving as a research fellow at Harvard Law School under Professor Charles J. Charles had a prestigious early legal career, clerking for the U.S. She later attended American University Washington College of Law. PBS’ Whitehouse Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor describes Charles as a “brilliant mind and beautiful person who worked so hard.”īrooklyn born and bred, Charles received her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. The shock of Charles’ untimely passing shocked social media, with fans, friends, and colleagues expressing their condolences. In an appearance last month on MSNBC’s Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross, Charles provided insight on the DOJ investigations into police killings and the jury selection for the Derek Chauvin trial, breaking down the process, including using pre-emptive strikes. Bringing a mixture of legal understanding and cultural context, Charles provided regular commentary on law, culture, and politics to several networks- including TV One, MSNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg TV. She gave host Stephanie Ruhle and fellow panelists a much-needed history lesson, beginning with Haitian Independence through American occupation’s destabilization.Ī civil trial and criminal defense attorney, Charles was the founder of Midwin Charles & Associates, LLC. ![]() Charles brought needed context to the conversation in 2018 when Trump called Haiti and other Black-led countries a sh*thole. ![]()
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