[Black Theatre United\Viola Davis]
Davis will host the town hall with Leader Stacey Abrams, Founder of Fair Fight and Fair Count and Dr. Jeanine Abrams McLean, Vice President of Fair Count, in a conversation titled “Our Voices. Our Votes. Our Time.”
Photo: Black Theatre United
Sherrilyn Ifill
NAACP’S Legal Defense Fund Mourns Loss of John Lewis
[John Lewis\NAACP\LDF]
Sherrilyn Ifill: “I don’t know of another leader in this country with the moral standing of Rep. John Lewis.”
Lisa Cylar Barrett: “The passing of Representative Lewis leaves a void in our country and in our halls of government.”
Photo: Twitter
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS, TO CALL FOR FEDERAL REFORM OF POLICE
[George Floyd\Police Reform]
The leaders of the nation’s top civil rights and social justice organizations and several members of Congress have scheduled a media briefing to demand federal action to reform the nation’s police departments.
Photo: YouTube
HARVARD GROUPS AND ALUMNI SUPPORT RACE-CONSCIOUS ADMISSIONS IN COURT FILING
[Harvard\Race-Conscious Admissions]
LDF: “Last year’s ruling was a resounding victory for educational equity, and we are confident that the First Circuit Court of Appeals will likewise reaffirm that it is legal…to consider race as one important aspect of a student’s holistic college application.”
Photo: Harvard
BREONNA TAYLOR’S KILLING BY POLICE SHOULD BE INDEPENDENTLY INVESTIGATED
[Breonna Taylor\Racial Policing]
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill: “Breonna Taylor was entitled to be treated as a hero. Instead, her life was taken from her in a killing that warrants the close scrutiny of an independent, transparent investigation.”
Photo: YouTube
NATIONAL RIGHTS GROUPS CALL FOR PAUSE IN JUDICIAL CONFIRMATIONS PROCESS DURING COVID-19
[COVID-19\Judicial Confirmations]
NAACP’s Derrick Johnson: “The Senate’s move to advance Trump’s judicial nominations in the middle of a deadly pandemic will go down in history as an indefensible dereliction of duty.”
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COVID-19: NATIONAL BLACK LEADERS URGE PEOPLE TO IGNORE CRAZY GOVERNORS AND STAY HOME
[COVID-19\ BLACK FAITH & CIVIL RIGHTS]
“We, the undersigned, have joined together to state our unequivocal and firm opposition to the premature effort of governors to willfully re-open their states. The actions of these governors, which demonstrate reckless disregard for the health and life of Black residents.”
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NAACP REQUESTS INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPICIOUS MURDER OF JOSHUA BROWN—A KEY WITNESS AGAINST CONVICTED KILLER-COP AMBER GUYGER
[Criminal Justice News\Policing]
Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel: “The suspicious circumstances of Mr. Brown’s killing should cause great alarm and demand an immediate and piercing inquiry. We echo Allison Jean’s statement that the ‘corruption we saw during this process must stop,’ and support her request for a comprehensive federal investigation of the Dallas Police Department.”
Photo: Twitter