December 30, 2015The failure to indict a police officer for yet another killing of a young, Black person – this time a child, 12-year-old Tamir Rice – should outrage us and cause us to look more deeply at the...
January 11, 2016As we begin a new year fighting for justice (our 50 th !), we’d like to thank the thousands of CCR supporters and donors who helped make last year’s victories possible and who, through their...
Join us for CCR First Wednesday on February 3, 2016. We will begin our two-part First Wednesday series addressing the rise of Islamophobia in the U.S., and discussing two landmark cases that...
Updated: February 1, 2016
On February 2, 2012, NYPD officers broke into Ramarley Graham's home without a warrant and killed him in front of his grandmother and 6 year-old brother. Ramarley was unarmed and had not committed a...
Updated: January 26, 2016
What is the greatest threat to free speech at U.S. universities today? Who is trying to block students from organizing around Palestine on American campuses? How are they doing this? Can professors...
Updated: January 27, 2016
#Law4BlackLives was a national gathering of over 1000 lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers committed to building a world where #BlackLivesMatter. More than a meeting or a...
Updated: January 26, 2016
What is the greatest threat to free speech at U.S. universities today? Who is trying to block students from organizing around Palestine on American campuses? How are they doing this? Can professors...
Updated: February 10, 2016
January 29, 2016Adapted from remarks delivered by Vince Warren upon accepting the 2016 Haywood Burns Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Civil Rights Committee of the New York State Bar Association, New...
February 1, 2016Last month, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent conducted a fact-finding mission to the United States to document human rights violations against people of African descent in...
February 2, 2016On February 2, 2012, after NYPD officers unlawfully entered into his home without a warrant, probable cause, or any other legal justification, NYPD officer Richard Haste shot and killed 18-year-old...
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