by Ian Weiner | Mar 9, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – To train college students, professors and community partners as redistricting experts and give them the appropriate tools to advocate for fair redistricting and electoral boundaries, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law launched...
by Don Owens | Mar 7, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – On the 56-year mark of Alabama’s brutal Bloody Sunday attack on Black communities, their allies, and democracy itself, President Joe Biden released recorded remarks this morning calling for Senate passage of the national Lawyers’...
by Ian Weiner | Mar 5, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Facebook is engaging in online segregation and redlining by using certain protected characteristics – such as race, age and gender – to determine who receives ads for economic opportunities, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law argues in an amicus...
by Ian Weiner | Mar 4, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Nearly a year after nationwide protests occurred calling for an end to police brutality against Black and Brown communities and demanding greater accountability in every sector of law enforcement, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act has...
by Ian Weiner | Mar 4, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.1, the ‘For the People Act,’ in what is an important first step towards expanding access to the ballot box. Numerous provisions in the bill, such as requiring states to allow same-day voter...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Mar 2, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – Vernon Jordan, civil rights leader and former president of the National Urban League passed away Monday evening. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, acting president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under...
