The ACLU of Mississippi can accommodate journalist inquiries into local and national issues affecting civil rights in Mississippi. To speak with an ACLU expert, please email comms@aclu-ms.org or call (601) 354-3408.
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CONTACT: Zakiya Summers, 601-354-3408, zsummers@aclu-ms.org
Mr. Bronstein spent the early part of his career as a civil rights lawyer seeking to defy Jim Crow culture, and he later directed the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project for 25 years.
By Sam Roberts, The New York Times
A South Carolina sheriff's deputy attacked a high school student as classmates watched in horror, video revealed. The ACLU of MS has been asking Mississippi to avoid this type of situation for several years.
By Alfred Ng, New York Daily News
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October 21, 2015
CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, 212-284-7347, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi (ACLU of MS), in conjunction with the Nollie Jenkins Family Center (Duran, MS), has co-authored a LGBTQ Student Rights Education Resource Guide.
WHAT: The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will hold apublic hearingat the request of the American Civil Liberties of Mississippi (ACLU of MS) to address concerns regarding proposed policy4013-Restraint and Seclusion, which provides a model for all school districts in Mi