by Stanley Augustin | Jul 21, 2011 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
As the economic downturn continues to plague employment, education and every other aspect of American living, including housing, it is imperative to note the ongoing loss of wealth in communities of color wrought by the loss of homeownership through foreclosures and...
by Stanley Augustin | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
With the 2012 election less than two years away, voter suppression efforts are already in high gear across the nation. There is a persistent and well-coordinated effort in state legislatures to deter minority, low-income, elderly, disabled and student voters from...
by Stanley Augustin | Apr 5, 2011 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
As the nation marks the 43rd anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, which occurred as a result of his intervention and support of the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, it is important for the American public to remember the historic and...
by Stanley Augustin | Feb 28, 2011 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
(Trice Edney News Wire, February 25, 2011) Those Who Don’t Learn from History are Destined to Repeat It Our unique heritage as a free society is being threatened by a terrible proposal to delete a fundamental Constitutional protection from the 14th Amendment of...
by Stanley Augustin | Jan 18, 2011 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
The Lawyers’ Committee, with the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ), scored a major victory for low-income, largely African-American residents of the Gulf Coast region when the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved on November 8, 2010 a...