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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...
Lawsuit Calls Mecklenburg Charter School Bill Unconstitutional Attempt At Segregation
Suit challenges power of 4 N.C. towns to run charter schools
The Ohio primary just raised a new red flag for the 2020 election
Civil Rights Groups Urge Pennsylvania Officials to Remove Barriers to Voting By Mail Ahead of June 2 Primary
Harrisburg, PA (April 29, 2020) - Today, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, All Voting is Local and 17 voting rights organizations called on Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar and other officials to improve access to voting-by-mail for all...
The Crisis Within the Crisis: COVID-19 Is Ravaging African Americans
Health disparities magnified by the coronavirus pandemic
Mfume Headed Back to Hill, But No One Knows When
Joe Biden wins Ohio’s mail-in primary delayed by coronavirus
Ohio’s Burdensome Approach to Vote-By-Mail Failed Its Voters
Statement by Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Washington, DC (April 28, 2020) – The state of Ohio held its primary elections on Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind effort where most voters participated by mail...