March in the Ninth Ward to Congo Square marking anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
CCR was born out of the Civil Rights movement, and racial, gender and economic justice have been cornerstones of our docket throughout our history. From pioneering pro-choice and anti-domestic violence cases, to fighting employment discrimination and racial profiling, CCR finds innovative ways to challenge the status quo and support activists and movements engaged around these central questions of injustice.
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Single-carrier collect call systems are the norm for telephone service in prisons across the United…
The more people that know, the better. A surprisingly small number of people know about…
Court Rules New York Fire Department Discriminates Against Black, Latino Applicants federal judge has determined that the Fire Department of New York City used racially discriminatory hiring practices that unlawfully prevented hundreds of qualified African American and…
Guests: Paul Washington, past president of the fraternal order of black firefighters, the Vulcan Society.
In 2008, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), along with partners from the US Human…
Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al. is a federal class action lawsuit filed against the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the City of New York that challenges the NYPD's…
DHS v. ANDERSON is a case involving the defense of a mentally disabled and mentally ill lawful permanent resident facing deportation from the United States. Mr. Anderson was placed in removal proceedings in January 2007 for a 2005 conviction…
ACLU And Columbia Law School Present: Detention And Human Rights Featuring Sir Nigel Rodley, Member Of The U.N. Human Rights Committee And Author Of The Treatment Of Prisoners Under International Law The American Civil Liberties Union and the Columbia Law School Human… Read More >>
In 1999, CCR filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to challenge the NYPD’s policy of conducting stop-and-frisks without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity as required by the Fourth Amendment.… Read More >>
Wright v. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, et al. is a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), together with attorneys from the National Conference of Black Lawyers and the National Lawyers Guild, that challenged the constitutionality… Read More >>
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