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James C. Harrington is a Texas civil rights lawyer and founder of the Texas Civil Rights Project. Dedicated to social justice, he fought for workers' rights alongside Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Harrington had a reputation for taking on powerful adversaries, including the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas State Bar. He worked on a ...
In June 2020, "The Texas Civil Rights Project sent a letter to Homeland Security, the Pentagon and the Justice Department demanding they halt wall work in March." [13] In July 2020, over 500 children were held in a Hampton Inn in McAllen, Texas, in dark rooms with no access to the outside world. TCRP received calls from parents regarding their ...
The tour also highlights the Wooster buildings that play into the city's civil rights history. They include: Wooster United Methodist Church, where the Wayne County Anti-Slavery Society was formed ...
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: Birmingham: Alabama: 1992 [39] Black American West Museum and Heritage Center: Denver: Colorado: 1971 [40] Black Cowboy Museum Rosenberg: Texas: 2017 [41] Black History 101 Mobile Museum Detroit: Michigan: 1995 [42] Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia: Richmond: Virginia: 1981 [43] Blanchard ...
Travis Fife at the Texas Civil Rights Project called the events at UT-Austin a terrifying example of how criminal law and law enforcement are being used to stifle students’ First Amendment rights.
The cross-country tour was organized by reproductive rights advocacy group Free & Just as part of a $500,000 campaign for federal abortion protections.
Article I (the Texas Bill of Rights), Section 13 of the Texas Constitution, adopted February 15, 1876 – Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted. All courts shall be open, and every person for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person or reputation shall have remedy by ...
Columnist Margaret Whitt embarked on a civil rights tour in Alabama, visiting historical sites and new memorials by the Equal Justice Initiative.