Our Work
Our work involves issues around human rights, civil rights, and justice.
Our Work is Movement Lawyering
Our work is at the intersection of civil rights, human rights and justice.
The Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center fuels social change by fostering collaboration between law, policy, scholarship, and grassroots organizing because social change intersects legal scholarship, connection to communities, and justice through action and activism.
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We advance civil rights and human rights law by providing direct litigation support and rigorous policy research.
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We shape public discourse on racial equality by providing a platform for scholarship and debate on cutting edge civil rights issues.
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We provide a launchpad for activists to help ensure grassroots organizing stands at the forefront of the burgeoning modern civil rights movement.
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The issues that we work on could include Criminal Justice; Human, Civil, and Constitutional Rights Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; UN & PAD: UN Decade, CERD, UN Forum; Environmental Justice; and Justice & Law.
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The tools we use to engage that work include amicus briefs, reports, legislative research projects, conferences and events, litigation, and a myriad of activities.
Resources
| Resource | Topic |
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| Impact of Segregation - Research Study for Evanston | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Jailing a Rainbow | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Justin Hansford speaks about George Floyd | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Violence, The First Amendment |
| Justin Hansford speaks about George Floyd | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Left Bank Books Presents: Kristin Henning with Justin Hansford | Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration, Police Violence |
| Letter to Evanston City Council Regarding Reparations Measure | Reparations |
| Letter to Evanston City Council Regarding Reparations Measure | Criminal Justice, Racial Justice |
| Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Violence |
| Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Marcus Garvey Exoneration | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| McKesson Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court | The First Amendment |
| McKesson Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Mental Health Report: Effects of Police Brutality on Mental Health in Black Communities | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Violence |
| Mental Health Report: Effects of Police Brutality on Mental Health in Black Communities | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Michael Brown CROWN Act | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Mike Brown Bill | Criminal Justice Reform, Police Violence |
| Mike Brown Bill | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Mitchell Brief as Filed | Constitutional, Environmental Justice |
| Petition for Pardon of Marcus Garvey | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Quarantining in Unsafe Homes During Covid-19 | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Rage of Innocence | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Segregation In Evanston an Impact Study July 2021 | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Sundiata Acoli Amicus | Criminal Justice Reform, Mass Incarceration |
| Sundiata Acoli Amicus | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |
| Terance Gamble A.B. | Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Racial Justice |