"I've deliberately chosen a career where I've worked with people who work on issues that deal with those who have the least among us, because I've never shaken, never been able to shake the caste that I come from"
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Kim Foxx
Kimberly M. Foxx (née Anderson; April 1972) is an American politician, who is currently the State's Attorney (district attorney) for Cook County, Illinois. She manages the second largest prosecutor's office in the United States, consisting of approximately 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees. She was elected to this position on November 8, 2016. She is the second African American, after Cecil A. Partee, to hold this position.
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