October 21, 2016Back in July, racial equity advocacy group Color of Change partnered with the Center for Constitutional Rights to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information related to the...
October 21, 2016Attorneys for Black Lives Matter activists sued the federal government this week in an effort to obtain information about its monitoring of constitutionally protected protests. Filed Thursday in...
October 24, 2016Amid reports on federal monitoring of protesters, two prominent civil-rights groups filed a lawsuit demanding that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security cough up records on their surveillance...
November 1, 2016Fifty years from now, what will the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture's exhibit on the Movement for Black Lives look like? Will the exhibit feature videos from the hundreds...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney discusses efforts to curb ongoing stop and frisk abuses by the NYPD and the importance of input to that process from the communities most affected by those...
Updated: November 7, 2016
November 2, 2016...Darius Charney, el abogado principal del caso Floyd vs. la Ciudad de Nueva York que llevó a la conclusión de que la táctica policial viola la Cuarta Enmienda de la Constitución y es racialmente...
In response to the election of Donald Trump, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We send love and solidarity to all those who are hurting and afraid that Donald Trump...
CCR Executive Director joins Joy Reid and her expert panel to discuss the implications of Donald Trump shaping policy surrounding policing, civil rights oversight, and more. Trouble seeing the video...
Updated: November 18, 2016
CCR is grateful for the important work and solidarity of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), and we are honored to join in their 2016 Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Risk Taker Awards ceremony. CCR...
Updated: November 21, 2016
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Stephanie Llanes will present a workshop on Movement Lawyering at Lánzate 2016: Mijente Gathering in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mijente is a digital and grassroots hub for...
Updated: November 21, 2016
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