Justice Alito in 2022: “Questioning our integrity crosses an important line.”

Jen Psaki: “There lies the crisis. Justices like Alito have the gall to reprimand those who question the Court's integrity, while choosing to ignore, excuse and at worst flaunt their own partisanship.'

BREAKING

There are few Civil Rights icons who have touched as many different communities as Pauli Murray. I wrote about the breadth of Murray's amazing legacy here, which included Thurgood Marshall's landmark Brown v Topeka SCOTUS case. (🎁 link)
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We are alarmed by the aggression present in NYPD’s response toward those at yesterday’s longstanding march in Bay Ridge—home to NYC’s largest Palestinian population.

Our office will investigate further, but it’s clear this conduct against nonviolent demonstrators is inexcusable.

On this day in 1925, Muslim minister and human rights activist, Malcolm X was born. Gone, but not forgotten.

Rest in Power.

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'Law cannot only respond to social change but can initiate it, and that lawyers, through their everyday work in the courts, may become social reformers.' – Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall Institute's latest brief dives deeper into #BrownvBoard : tminstituteldf.org/renewing-the-p…

The South Carolina case of Briggs v. Elliot, filed in 1950, was the first of the five desegregation cases that the Supreme Court later consolidated under the #BrownvBoard title. Listen to Nathaniel Briggs explain the history of the case and its importance to the broader movement.

Thank you, Adina Porter, for celebrating the year of #BrownvBoard , LDF’s case that transformed America and continues to show our work today. #WeAreAllBrown

Honoring the legacy of the students who led #BrownvBoard with current clients like Taiwan Scott last night was a full circle moment.

The work we do would not be possible without the bravery and commitment of the communities and people we serve.

Although the official anniversary was yesterday, we're commemorating 70 years of #BrownvBoard this entire year.

To learn more about the case and our ongoing events head to: naacpldf.org/events/ldf-eve…

#NEJAD2024 was packed with riveting performances and moments of joy and inspiration.

This year we celebrated 84 years of service and 70 years of Brown v. Board, rooted in the call for continued action and pursuit to ensure all students have an inclusive, diverse education.

“Massive Resistance” to critical cases like #BrownvBoard remind us how fragile the Supreme Court’s authority can be in times of upheaval. Alito’s flag controversy is 1 more in a growing # of alarming reasons to raise legit Qs about the Court’s credibility. usnews.com/news/national-…

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“Brown is being weaponized against the very people it was intended to directly serve. And that is largely a result of the Supreme Court never giving the 14th Amendment the full and robust interpretation that is required to sustain a multiracial democracy.” cnn.com/2024/05/17/pol…

Last night's commemoration of 70 years of #BrownvBoard was insightful, inspiring, and indicative of the work we must continue.

Thank you to our panelists Janai Nelson, Kenji Yoshino, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Derrick Johnson, Julián Castro, De'Andre Arndolds and moderator Larry Miller.

'On this 70th anniversary, we should be asking ourselves, what is our Brown, what is our contribution to future generations? How are we going to advance our multiracial democracy so that 70 years from now, someone is asking about what we did?'

Janai Nelson on Good Morning America ⬇️