From holding police accountable to defending voting rights, 2024 was a busy year! Here's a quick look at how we showed up to defend civil rights in Mississippi this year, and a sneak peek at how we plan to continue the fight in 2025.
JACKSON, Miss. - Attorney General Lynn Fitch said she is...
Jul 12, 2021
Legislators set public redistricting hearings, complete with live-streaming
Bobby Harrison|Mississippi Today|July 12, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. - The joint committee tasked with developing a plan to redraw the four U.S. House seats and the 174 state legislative seats have...
Bobby Harrison|Mississippi Today|July 12, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. - The joint committee tasked with developing a plan to redraw the four U.S. House seats and the 174 state legislative seats have...
Jun 9, 2021
Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the system's brutality impossible to ignore.
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the system's brutality impossible to ignore.
May 18, 2021
Civil rights complaint filed against Natchez ICE detention center over COVID-19 safety violations
Immigrant Rights'
Keisha Rowe | Clarion Ledger | May 18, 2021
NATCHEZ, Miss. - A civil rights and liberties complaint has been filed against the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez after several immigrant rights...
Keisha Rowe | Clarion Ledger | May 18, 2021
NATCHEZ, Miss. - A civil rights and liberties complaint has been filed against the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez after several immigrant rights...
May 17, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Mississippi Challenge to Roe v. Wade’s ‘Most Central Principle’ on Abortion
Ashton Pittman |Mississippi Free Press| May 17, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will hear a Mississippi case challenging Roe v. Wade in defense of the state’s 15-week...
Ashton Pittman |Mississippi Free Press| May 17, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will hear a Mississippi case challenging Roe v. Wade in defense of the state’s 15-week...
Apr 28, 2021
Close Adams County ICE Facility, Mississippi ACLU Tells Biden, Alleging ‘Torment’
Immigrant Rights'
Ashton Pittman |Jackson Free Press| April 28, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. — B.J. splashed toilet water in his eyes. The immigrant man was doing so, he later told attorneys in a statement last fall, because...
Ashton Pittman |Jackson Free Press| April 28, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. — B.J. splashed toilet water in his eyes. The immigrant man was doing so, he later told attorneys in a statement last fall, because...