Racial Justice Group Backs Geoffrey Stark for FCC Chairman

  • Endorsement is a glimpse of behind-scenes lobbying for job
  • Rosenworcel also has supporters to be first woman FCC chair

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A racial justice group Friday urged President-elect Joe Biden to choose Geoffrey Starks, a Black Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission, as the agency’s next chairman.

Color of Change, a civil rights group, cited a record of advocating for Black communities by Starks, who joined the FCC in 2019.