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Black Virginians Have a Right to Fair Representation
(Washington, D.C.) - Virginia must do more to protect fair representation for Black voters in their new statewide redistricting maps, according to a public comment submitted to the Supreme Court of Virginia on Friday by the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP,...
Norfolk Housing Settlement Will be Closely Monitored by the Plaintiffs
Norfolk, Va. – Organizations and individuals bringing suit against the City of Norfolk over the planned displacement of public housing residents are calling the announced settlement of the case a good first step, but have pledged to closely monitor the implementation...
Lawyers’ Committee’s Virtual 2021 Annual Awards Celebration
(Washington, D.C.) —The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will host its private Virtual 2021 Annual Awards Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 9th. This special event will feature tributes to board members, clients, and partners for their commitment to racial...
Language Assistance Programs Play Vital Role In Our Democracy
Washington, DC – On December 8, 2021, the Acting Director of the U.S. Census Bureau issued a notice of determination identifying the jurisdictions subject to the language assistance provisions of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, which are available at 86 Federal...
White Vigilantes Found Guilty Of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery
(Washington, D.C.) – A Georgia jury has found three white men guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was viciously attacked while jogging. The full range of convictions includes various criminal counts, such as malice murder, felony murder,...
White Supremacists Held Accountable for Violence in Charlottesville
(Washington, D.C.) –Jurors awarded more than $25 million in damages to plaintiffs in Sines v. Kessler, a suit seeking to hold the organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville accountable for violence that left numerous people injured and one person...
Texas Politicians’ Attempts to Ban Books is Unlawful According to Civil Rights Groups
Austin, Texas) —Two prominent national civil rights legal groups on Tuesday denounced Texas politicians’ efforts to force schools to begin pulling books from their classrooms and libraries shelves under the guise of state law. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
David Hinojosa Selected for Ohtli Award, Highest Honor Bestowed by Mexican Government to Individuals
(Washington, D.C.) — In recognition of his work to open pathways for the next generation of Mexican Americans and members of the Latinx community, David Hinojosa, director of the Educational Opportunities Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,...
White Supremacist Vigilante Violence Again Goes Unchecked
(Washington, D.C.) - Following a tense trial, a Wisconsin jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges on Friday. Rittenhouse, now 18, killed two men and wounded a third during a night of racial justice demonstrations in the summer of 2020 in Kenosha,...
Supreme Court Reform Is Central to Safeguard Civil Rights and Protect Democracy
Washington, D.C.- The United States Supreme Court plays an essential role in upholding and protecting the constitutional and civil rights of Black Americans and other people of color. However, in recent years, the public has begun to lose faith in the Court’s...
Court Orders North Carolina to Fund Public Schools
RALEIGH – After waiting nearly two decades for a court ruling that would finally fix the state’s inadequate public education system for underserved students, Wake County Superior Court Judge David Lee delivered on his promise with an order requiring the State of North...
Texas Redistricting Maps Undermine the Power of Voters of Color
(Austin, Texas) — The Texas State Legislature approved redistricting maps for the state House, the state Senate, and U.S. Congress that are based on the unconstitutional and impermissible use of race. These maps dilute the voting strength of Black voters and other...
John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is Vital to Defending Democracy
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Senate held a procedural vote on Wednesday to consider the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Although all 50 Democrats in the Senate voted in favor, joined by Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican Senate Leadership...
Readout of Civil Rights Leaders Meeting with Senator Joe Manchin
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 28, 2021) — The leaders of the nation’s top historic civil rights organizations released the following joint readout on their meeting today with Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia: “Citing the deteriorating crisis of democracy that...
Texas SB8 Abortion Ban Poses a Major Threat to Civil Rights
(Washington, D.C.) —The private “bounty hunter” enforcement scheme of Texas’ S.B. 8 abortion ban law, if left to stand by the U.S. Supreme Court, would open the door for state and local governments to develop similar schemes that would undermine other fundamental...