by Press | Feb 7, 2022 | Newsclips
The FBI has said a series of hoax bomb threats targeting US historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, are being investigated as racially motivated hate crimes. “In a statement, Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’...
by Press | Feb 4, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — In honor of his work to foster the development of inclusive communities, expand access to opportunity, and fight displacement, Thomas Silverstein, associate director of the Fair Housing & Community Development Project at the Lawyers’...
by Press | Feb 2, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – An increasing number of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received bomb threats in the past few days, drawing the attention of the White House and federal law enforcement. At least 17 HBCUs temporarily canceled...
by Press | Feb 1, 2022 | Press Releases
Austin, Texas – Today, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU Texas), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), and DĒMOS filed a lawsuit...
by Press | Jan 31, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Leading civil rights organizations released the following joint statement urging Congress to remain focused on federal voting rights protections and the core issue of racial discrimination addressed in the John Lewis Voting Rights...
