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5 Ways To Protect Our Election During The Coronavirus Pandemic, According To A New Bipartisan Election Emergency Task Force
UNC’s $2.5 million Confederate payout won’t be fully repaid despite backdoor deal reversal
Maryland HBCUs awarded half a billion in racial discrimination compensation
(The Guardian) Maryland has voted in favor of awarding four state universities more than half a billion dollars in compensation for years of institutional racial discrimination, signaling the end of a long legal battle. In a victory resulting from a lawsuit...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Seeks Answers to Serious Questions Regarding the Treatment of Black Students with Disabilities in Delaware
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...
As Coronavirus Delays Primary Season, States Weigh Expanding Absentee Voting
“Moving the country in a direction toward one hundred percent vote-by-mail at this stage I think is dangerous,” said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, an advocacy group. Clarke worries that some people — especially voters of color — could be left out with a rapid expansion.
Voting Rights Groups File Amicus Brief in Ex Rel Ohio Democratic Party v LaRose
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...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs bill abolishing death penalty
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, applauded Polis for commuting the sentences of the three death row inmates.
“The use of the death penalty in Colorado and across the country has been a failed experiment infected with serious legal errors and racial bias that run contrary to principles of fairness and justice,” she said.
Back at Work but Not on the Bench, Supreme Court Issues 3 Major Opinions
Supreme Court raises bar for racial discrimination claims in contracts
U.S. Supreme Court Rolls Back Historic Civil Rights Protections In Comcast Ruling
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...
The Supreme Court sides with Comcast in Byron Allen’s racial discrimination case
Supreme Court affirms strict standard to prove race discrimination in contracting
U.S. Supreme Court hinders comedian-businessman’s race-bias suit against Comcast
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court’s ruling that had given the green light to comedian-turned-media entrepreneur Byron Allen’s $20 billion racial bias lawsuit against Comcast Corp that accused the cable television operator of...
Family Announcement Regarding the Passing of Mrs. Airickca Gordon Taylor, Cousin of Emmett Till
(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...
Congressional Black Caucus Holds Coronavirus Town Hall Addressing COVID-19’s Impact On Black Americans
(LA Sentinel) Leaders in the Black community are pivoting to digital and sustaining their position on the frontlines during this global pandemic. Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) hosted countless a tele-townhall meeting on Friday, March 20th, to discuss the impact of...