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ACLU OF MISSISSIPPI SPEAKS OUT AGAINST JIM CROW POLICIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLSThe ACLU has announced that it is instigating an investigation into the Nettleton Mississippi Middle School's policy of systemically excluding black youth from running for class president. "The ACLU of Mississippi is outraged by these remnants of Jim Crow policies that continue to exist in our public schools. We are reaching out to constituents in the Lee County area to gather more information in order to determine a course of action. Any policy which prohibits black youth from running for class president is discriminatory and illegal," said Nsombi Lambright, executive Director of the ACLU of Mississippi.
MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL AGREES TO REVISE POLICY AND PAY DAMAGES TO LESBIAN TEENAGER DENIED CHANCE TO ATTEND PROMThe American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi today filed a lawsuit against a Mississippi high school that excluded a female student's name and senior portrait from the yearbook rather than publish a photo of her in a tuxedo. The lawsuit charges that Ceara Sturgis was unfairly discriminated against by the Wesson Attendance Center based on her sex and unfair gender stereotypes.
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