June 1, 2022... The industrial site is in what environmentalists refer to as “Cancer Alley,” which has elevated health risks due to air pollution. A grain terminal would make air quality worse for nearby...
June 3, 2022... In their motion, presented by lawyers for the Center for Constitutional Rights and local attorney Bill Quigley, advocates for the Descendants project are seeking a temporary restraining order...
June 3, 2022... Center for Constitutional Rights who represent the Descendants Project sent a letter to the Louisiana attorney general and the Louisiana Division of Archaeology, requesting that they force the...
June 3, 2022...The Descendants Project filed a motion for a temporary restraining order on Thursday in the 19th Judicial District Court to prevent “ground-penetrating” activities to protect what they believe to...
June 3, 2022... In May 2021, builders began driving dozens of metal beams into the ground near the Whitney. The Banner sisters jumped into action and asked the Center for Constitutional Rights, the attorneys who...
June 3, 2022...“Obviously we’re disappointed in the ruling,” Pam Spees, senior staff attorney at the Center For Constitutional Rights who’s helping to represent the Descendants Project told The Lens. “This...
June 6, 2022...“The fact that we don’t have evidence is a result of the system of slavery, where burial grounds were unmarked,” said Pam Spees, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is...
Join us in person as a community to celebrate the publication of the Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations book. This launch, like the book, weaves together artwork, poetry, legal...
Updated: July 11, 2022
On September 15, 2022 , at the Peoples Forum, the Center for Constitutional Rights is excited to partner with the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice and Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP)...
Updated: September 15, 2022
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights June 3 - 6, 2022 , for a virtual screening of A Crime on the Bayou and an exclusive discussion on the struggle against racism in the Jim Crow South. In...
Updated: September 19, 2022
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