From holding police accountable to defending voting rights, 2023 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 2024.
The ACLU of Mississippi chooses to focus our work through a racial lens because we believe that racial justice and equity are essential to our mission and our fundamental core values. We have been vigilant to demand racial justice and expand racial equity within our work.
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in 1969 that students do not lose their constitutional rights "at the schoolhouse gate." It's vital that students know their rights and how to exercise them, but too often they receive little or poor information about what their rights really are. Our