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Aug 18, 2014

Ferguson is Everytown, U.S.A.

By Nusrat Choudhury, Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program at 5:07pm

The tragic killing of college-bound teenager Michael Brown...

By Nusrat Choudhury, Staff Attorney, ACLU Racial Justice Program at 5:07pm

The tragic killing of college-bound teenager Michael Brown...

Aug 12, 2014

Empowering and Protecting Our Students

By Constance Gordon, Advocacy Coordinator

I remember waiting anxiously for the last day of school, then by July, being ready for the first day again. That was the rollercoaster that...

By Constance Gordon, Advocacy Coordinator

I remember waiting anxiously for the last day of school, then by July, being ready for the first day again. That was the rollercoaster that...

Jul 25, 2014

Continuing the Conversation After Arizona's Execution

Criminal Justice Reform

By Alison Steiner, President, ACLU of Mississippi Board of Directors

"The capital punishment system is discriminatory and arbitrary and inherently violates the Constitutional ban...

By Alison Steiner, President, ACLU of Mississippi Board of Directors

"The capital punishment system is discriminatory and arbitrary and inherently violates the Constitutional ban...

Jul 2, 2014

Reflecting on Freedom Summer Youth Congress

By Jed Oppenheim, Advocacy Coordinator

They came from all over. By bus, train, airplane and car. From June 23-28, young people from all over Mississippi and our country came to...

By Jed Oppenheim, Advocacy Coordinator

They came from all over. By bus, train, airplane and car. From June 23-28, young people from all over Mississippi and our country came to...

Jun 4, 2014

In the Shadow of Freedom Summer

Equality & Equity of Access

I was born in November 1965, a little over a year after my next oldest sister, Bettye. She was born in the middle of Freedom Summer. We grew up with our older siblings in Meridian, MS. 2505 ½ Fifth Street,...

I was born in November 1965, a little over a year after my next oldest sister, Bettye. She was born in the middle of Freedom Summer. We grew up with our older siblings in Meridian, MS. 2505 ½ Fifth Street,...

May 9, 2014

What Happened to Protect and Serve?

By Jennifer Riley-Collins, Executive Director and Charles B. Irvin, Legal Director

Last year, we co-sponsored the “Not Here, Never Again” event on the anniversary of the birth of Emmitt Till. We held...

By Jennifer Riley-Collins, Executive Director and Charles B. Irvin, Legal Director

Last year, we co-sponsored the “Not Here, Never Again” event on the anniversary of the birth of Emmitt Till. We held...