by Press | Dec 2, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
As the year draws to a close, our mission of promoting racial equality and equal opportunity in our nation is paradoxically both threatened and strengthened on many fronts in an ever evolving and changing political and economic climate. We have witnessed a tremendous...
by Press | Sep 24, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
In 2008, most Americans, regardless of race, were proud that in our country Barack Obama could win election to the highest office in the land. His election as President represented a historic milestone in the struggle for racial equality in America. Indeed, there were...
by Press | Aug 4, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
The Lawyers’ Committee is proud to release Five Years of Commitment: Providing Legal Assistance in The Gulf Post Katrina. Within days of the Hurricane slamming ashore on August 29, 2005, it was apparent that the impact of this devastating storm would fall...
by Press | Jun 7, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
On May 17th, the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University released a shocking study that found that the wealth gap between White and Black households in America nearly quadrupled between 1984 and 2007. In 1984 the average White household...
by Press | May 17, 2010 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
Fifty-six years ago this month, on May 17th, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education. The Court found that racially segregated schools were inherently discriminatory and violated the 14th...
