by Press | Mar 29, 2020 | Press Releases
Rev. Lowery Revered as the “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement” WASHINGTON, DC (March 29, 2020) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is deeply saddened by the passing of Rev. Joseph E. Lowery. Kristen Clarke, president and executive...
by Press | Mar 27, 2020 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC (March 27, 2020) In response to consideration of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) by the U.S. House of Representatives today, following Senate passage, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the...
by Sue Dorfman | Mar 24, 2020 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC (March 24, 2020) – The national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) has submitted a letter to Delaware Secretary of Education Dr. Susan Bunting, asking her to investigate school practices that may include the unfair...
by Sue Dorfman | Mar 24, 2020 | Press Releases
COLUMBUS, Ohio (March 24, 2020) – Today the ACLU of Ohio, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Dēmos filed an amicus brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute in the case Ex...
by Stanley Augustin | Mar 23, 2020 | Press Releases
The Court’s Decision Weakens 19th-Century Civil Rights Law, Imposing a Burdensome Pleading Standard on Victims of Discrimination WASHINGTON – Today the United States Supreme Court instructed a lower court to reconsider its ruling in a discrimination case involving...
by Stanley Augustin | Mar 22, 2020 | Press Releases
(Chicago, IL) – “It is with deep sadness that the Emmett Till Family and The Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation announce the sudden passing of Executive Director, Mrs. Airickca Gordon Taylor. Airickca, 50, cousin to Emmett Louis Till, has been a...
