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We're committed to the study and practice of civil rights, human rights, and racial justice law and advocacy.
We seek to obtain the goal of racial justice by using a human rights framework and a social movement centered approach.
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Howard University School of Law
Notre Dame Hall, Room 107
Washington, D.C. 20059
202-250-5403
We believe that:
- Real, lasting social change requires collaboration between law, organizing, and research in service of community-led movements.
- In order to effectively fight for our people we must think globally and act locally.
- All communities should be freed from the systemic racism that undermines freedom and equal justice in our country.
TMC at Work
Justice For Marcus Garvey Campaign
Join the campaign to exonerate 20th century organizer, Marcus Garvey, and learn about our efforts in the contemporary Black liberation movement
Learn more about the Justice for Garvey campaignHarvard Law - Howard Law Justice Initiative Continues
Howard Law Justice Initiative Continues
Learn more about the Systemic Justice ProjectCRT Hotline
We have joined the #TruthBeTold campaign to form the Critical Race Theory (CRT) Hotline.
Learn more about the CRT HotlineInternational Tribunal
Students helped file an indictment in a people's tribunal marking the 70th Anniversary of the We Charge Genocide Human Rights Report co-authored by W.E.B. Du Bois.
Tribunal 2021Amicus Brief for Sundiata Acoli
The Center along with students at the Movement Lawyering Clinic filed an amicus brief in support of Black political activist and political prisoner Sundiata Acoli.
Learn more about Sundiata AcoliBanning the Caged Bird: Prison Book Censorship Across America
Read the Prison Censorship ReportUN Forum - Defend Durban
Get Involved in the International Struggle for Human Rights for All Black PeopleImpact of Segregation - Research Study for Evanston
Read about our work on ReparationsReparations 2021 - AARN Project Update
Learn More About Our Work with Descendant CommunitiesLetter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Learn About the UN ResolutionCOVID-19 Report
Read the ReportChallenge to Curfews Imposed by D.C. Mayor
Read More About Our Support of ProtestersAmicus Brief on First Step Act
Read About the First Step ActAmicus Brief on 2016 Dakota Pipeline Demonstration
Learn About the CaseSupported the passage of the Mike Brown Bill
Read more about this legislationMcKesson Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court
Read more about the McKesson BriefHead, Hands, Heart
We seek to obtain the goal of racial justice by using a human rights framework and a social movement centered approach. We use our heads, our hands, and our hearts to make a difference:
- engaged research when fighting the battle of ideas in the ivory tower;
- movement lawyering when fighting for our rights in the courts, the Congress, and other halls of power; and
- community organizing when fighting to build power in the communities where our people live out their lives.
With commitments in the ivory tower, courthouse, Congress, and the community, we hope to serve as a connector that bring out the best in both worlds, all in the service of the movement.
Educators Legal Hotline: 202-250-5403
We invite educators under threat to contact us for confidential assistance.
Learn about the HotlineBecome a Center Fellow
We are building a dream team of lawyers, legal scholars and advocates who are committed to social justice, human rights and civil rights, including:
1) Law Teaching Fellow, a dynamic legal professional with a passion and interest in participating in litigation of a constitutional magnitude affecting civil and human rights. An ideal candidate also has an interest in entering the legal academy as a tenure-track law professor.
2) EJC/TCI Staff Attorney, an experienced litigator who understands the intersection of the first amendment and environmental justice. An ideal candidate will have experience with protest rights and familiarity with environmental issues, particularly as it relates to the Black community.
3) Social Justice Fellow, an experienced researcher with a background in education or educational policy as well as social justice.
Howard alumni are encouraged to apply!
Join Our TeamHoward Students Fight for Civil Rights
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What is 'great replacement theory'? - WTOP
WTOP
After Raising $90 Million in 2020, Black Lives Matter Has $42 Million in Assets - The New York Times
The New York Times
Black Lives Matter's Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing - Florida Politics
Florida Politics
The AP Interview: BLM's Patrisse Cullors denies wrongdoing - Argus Press
Argus Press
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center Justin Hansford, Join Donna Brazile for Howard University King Lecture Series - The Dig
The Dig
Howard Law Professor Justin Hansford Brings Reparations and Racial Justice to the International Stage - The Dig
The Dig
Outcomes at the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council - US Embassy and Consulate in Poland
US Embassy and Consulate in Poland
Congressman Cohen Presides at Hearing on Qualified Immunity - Congressman Steve Cohen
Congressman Steve Cohen
Around Amherst: Family helps council raise Ukrainian flag at Town Hall - GazetteNET
GazetteNET
How Black American activism inspired the United Nations’ recent fight for racial justice - TheGrio
TheGrio
Ketanji Brown Jackson Faces GOP Attacks on Race and Crime - The New York Times
The New York Times
Fighting back against CRT panic: Educators organize around the threat to academic freedom - Salon
Salon
Trayvon Martin's death, Black Lives Matter and the activism that shaped a decade - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Hate crimes, Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, and why motive matters - The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor
Some on the right have first Black woman justice's qualifications under a microscope. It's not a new strategy. - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe