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Leaders Condemn Horrific Attack on Ahmaud Arbery
Washington, DC (May 6, 2020) - NAACP, National Urban League, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and the National Action Network (NAN) today released...
COVID pandemic raises concerns about accurate 2020 census count
Voting is a Right That All Georgians Should Enjoy, Say Voting Rights Advocates
Atlanta, GA (May 5, 2020) – With voter registration ending on May 11 and early voting slated to begin on May 18, a dozen voting rights and civic organizations held a Your Vote Matters Georgia Primary Election Virtual Town Hall last night on Facebook live and ZOOM. The...
Civil Rights Organizations Call for Defeat of Cory Wilson’s Nomination to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
WASHINGTON, DC (May 5, 2020) – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate announced it would move Donald...
What’s holding up voting by mail?
Fresh lawsuits challenge vote-by-mail limits in four Southern states
USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Americans overwhelmingly support vote-by-mail push, but Republicans more wary
Silent Sam lawsuit dismissed, statue returned to custody of UNC-Chapel Hill
Groups sue to expand absentee voting in Tennessee amid virus
Tennessee Must Ease Excuse Requirement for Absentee Ballot During Pandemic
Lawsuit seeks to ensure voters can vote safely by mail in the upcoming elections and ensure ballots count NASHVILLE, TN (May 1, 2020) – The state of Tennessee imposes strict limits on eligibility for voting absentee and uses criminal penalties to deter people...
NC lawsuit challenges Mecklenburg town charter schools legislation
Businesses Must Not be Allowed to Turn Away Same-Sex Couples and Violate Civil Rights Laws, Groups Argue
Denver, Colo. (May 1, 2020) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law led a broad coalition of civil rights organizations in filing an amicus brief in the 10th Circuit opposing business attempts to discriminate against same-sex couples, and weaken critical...
Parents, civil rights groups challenge town charter school districts
Coalition of National Organizations Seek Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the Workforce by Supporting Repeal of California’s Proposition 209
Washington, DC (April 30, 2020) – A coalition of national organizations led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is urging the state of California to create equal opportunity in its institutions of higher education and its workforce by repealing...
N.C. General Assembly’s Attempt to Legislatively Re-Segregate Public Schools is Illegal, Lawsuit Declares
Parents and Civil Rights Groups Say Proposed Town Charter School Legislation Will Return the State to the 1940s-Era Education System Raleigh, NC (April 30, 2020) – Legislation adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2018 (HB 514) violates the state’s...