by Press | May 25, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In a historic vote that shattered another glass ceiling and swept in a new era of civil rights priorities at the highest levels of the federal government, the U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday afternoon to confirm Kristen Clarke as the assistant...
by Press | May 13, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday on the nomination of Kristen Clarke to be the assistant attorney general for civil rights. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, acting president and executive...
by Press | Mar 2, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – Vernon Jordan, civil rights leader and former president of the National Urban League passed away Monday evening. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, acting president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under...
by Press | Dec 8, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON) – Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law president and executive director, Kristen Clarke, issued the following statement after she helped lead a discussion among civil rights leaders this afternoon with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice...
by Press | Nov 27, 2020 | Press Releases
(PHILADELPHIA) – A federal appeals court in Philadelphia today upheld a district court ruling that denied President Trump’s attempt to block certification of Pennsylvania’s election results and to discard valid and legally cast ballots, dealing a near-fatal blow...
