Court denied appeal by company that sought to build a massive grain elevator that threatened health and heritage of historic Black community in Wallace, Louisiana April 2, 2025, New Orleans – The...
Cancer Alley residents are challenging St. James Parish Council’s decades-old practice of placing plants in majority-Black districts April 9, 2025, New Orleans – Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of...
Samah Sisay , Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney, will be speaking on a panel on Black identity, exploring perspectives from Black immigrants and Black Americans. This event is part of...
[ En Español Abajo] April 16, 2025, Columbus, GA – The American Immigration Council, National Immigration Project, and the Center for Constitutional Rights today filed an amended habeas corpus...
St. James Parish Council broke own rules to okay expansion into protected wetlands, court finds in Louisiana environmental justice case May 15, 2025, Gretna, LA – Yesterday, a five-judge panel of the...
May 15, 2025, Jackson, MS – The People's Advocacy Institute (PAI) and Mississippi Poor People's Campaign (MS-PPC), who were granted intervenor status in 2024 in a federal lawsuit brought by the U.S...
Stop-and-frisk attorneys respond to new Monitor’s report on Community Response Teams June 3, 2025, New York – The court-appointed monitor in the landmark stop-and-frisk case against the NYPD, Floyd v...
These efforts demonstrate the community’s commitment to preserving its culture, said Emily Early, associate director of the Southern Regional Office of the Center for Constitutional Rights...“While...
The following remarks were made by Celine Zhu at the Justice Committee's rally + press conference in New York City on July 11: Good afternoon. My name is Celine, and I am an attorney at the Center...
Sadé S. Evans (she/her) is a Legal Worker at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on issues related to racial, electoral, and environmental justice. She supports our attorneys while...
