DEFENDING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL MISSISSIPPIANS SINCE 1969
Latest Blog Posts
I Refuse to Stop Being Myself
Mississippi Student Wins Fight to Wear Tribal Regalia at Graduation
Latest Press Releases
ACLU-MS Files New Complaint Against Former Lexington, MS Chief of Police, Sam Dobbins, and Current Chief of Police, Charles Henderson
LEXINGTON, Miss. – Today, the ACLU of Mississippi and the international law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP filed a lawsuit against Sam Dobbins, the former Chief of Police of the Lexington, Mississippi...
Jackson Water Crisis: Community Groups Seek to Join Federal Safe Drinking Water Lawsuit
Fighting for health and safety, groups ask court for role in addressing decades-long crisis.
Plaintiffs Celebrate Victory in Challenge to HB 1020
Jackson Residents Say Legislators Should End Their Attempted Takeover of Jackson
LGBTQ Justice Project
For a list of outrageous reasons, legal representation is often difficult for LGBTQ Mississippians to obtain. It is our goal to equip law offices statewide with tools that will cater to this oftentimes vulnerable community.
In the courts
Javarius Russell v. City of Lexington, et al.
We filed a lawsuit on behalf of Javarius Russell, an officer for the Jackson Public School District who says his constitutional rights were violated by the Lexington Police Department. Russell is just one victim of the department's racially-motivated and discriminatory policing practices.
