"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin In 1979, author James Baldwin wrote a 30-page letter outlining a biography of slain civil...
Updated: February 1, 2017
February 2, 2017Today marks the five-year anniversary since NYPD officer Richard Haste killed 18-year-old Ramarley Graham in his Bronx home. The five-day departmental trial of Officer Haste wrapped up last week, and...
At Race of the Races: Privilege, Exclusion and Inequality among People of Color in the Law , CCR Staff Attorney Omar Farah will join a distinguished panel titled, "State Violence Against Racially...
Updated: February 7, 2017
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will join a panel to discuss and explore the appropriate role of, and effective avenues for, legal practitioners and students in support of the growing Movement...
Updated: February 27, 2017
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Stephanie Llanes will join a panel organized by the Black Studies Program at City College of New York (CCNY). The panel will concentrate on the various ways that the Black...
Updated: February 7, 2017
CCR is a proud cosponsor of #LawStrikesBack, a national effort organized by our friends at the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), and a rally in coordination with the nationwide #GeneralStrike planned for...
Updated: February 16, 2017
CCR is proud to join the New York Day of Remembrance Committee (NYC DOR) in a two-day program marking the 75th anniversary of President Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the...
Updated: February 14, 2017
CCR is proud to join the New York Day of Remembrance Committee (NYC DOR) in a two-day program marking the 75th anniversary of President Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the...
Updated: February 14, 2017
Order Would Allow Individuals and Corporations to Discriminate on Virtually Any Basis, Violating U.S. and International Law February 8, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (...
February 10, 2017...On this week’s episode of Big Time Dicks , Prachi Gupta and I focus on Sessions’ work as Alabama Attorney General and, later, Senator—and, just a note, it’s really alarming to hear a racist life’s...
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