by Press | Oct 14, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON– On Tuesday, Charles Sherrod, the first field secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Civil Rights Movement pioneer, passed away at his home in Albany, GA. Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of...
by Press | Oct 12, 2022 | Press Releases
TALLAHASSEE – Several organizations that belong to the Election Protection coalition convened by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sent a letter Tuesday to Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, Division of...
by Press | Oct 6, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON– Today, President Biden announced a pardon of all prior Federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana and a review of marijuana’s classification as a controlled substance. The following are statements from experts at the Lawyers’...
by Press | Oct 5, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON– Today, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s new policy requiring thousands of...
by Press | Oct 4, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral argument in Merrill v. Milligan on Tuesday concerning Alabama’s persistent failure to develop maps that would give Black voters an equal opportunity to vote for candidates of their choosing...
by Press | Oct 4, 2022 | Newsclips, Press Releases
WASHINGTON– The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law commends the Biden Administration on the introduction of its new AI Bill of Rights, a landmark set of principles for the fair and ethical use of artificial intelligence, machine learning and other...
