January 27, 2023 – In response to the release of the video of Tyre Nichols’ murder by five Memphis police, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We join our community...
ICE officials treated deportation as sport February 6, 2023, New York and Atlanta – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and...
In 2021, the Northwestern University Law Review published "Redeeming Justice," authored by Professor Rachel Lopez (Drexel Kline Law), Terrell Carter, and Ghani Songster. Drawing from human...
Updated: February 10, 2023
The symposium—taking place on Saturday, March 4, at UCLA Law—will explore the intersection of the international human rights framework with the domestic legal, political, and social...
Updated: February 27, 2023
On the occasion of the first session of the newly established UN Permanent Forum on the People of African Descent (UNPFPAD), the Center for Constitutional Rights traveled to Geneva to build...
Updated: February 28, 2023
Highlander Center says Tennessee Preservation Trust is unfit steward of legacy August 5, 2022, New Market, TN – A Tennessee organization with a storied history of training civil rights and social...
August 12, 2022...The Highlander Center has filed a petition opposing the National Register of Historic Places nomination on the grounds that "approval would undermine federal and state efforts to promote diversity...
This year marks the 90th anniversary of our longtime ally and current partner , the Highlander Research and Education Center, the storied school that’s helped nurture the Black freedom struggle and...
Updated: March 7, 2023
August 14, 2022Delegation says the siting of toxic industry in Cancer Alley is “genocidal,” demands moratorium, and calls for slavery reparations
What happens to a predominantly Black community when its government officials prioritize profit over health and legacy? On the 49th episode of “The Activist Files", legal worker Sadé Evans speaks...
Updated: March 7, 2023
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