Looking Back, Moving Forward – A video message from Martha Bergmark and Vangela M. Wade
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19 December, 2023 StoryThe Mississippi Center for Justice and its partners completed an eight-day trial challenging the under-representation of Black voters in the redistricting plan that the Mississippi legislature adopted in 2022 to elect its members. Here is a video of MCJ’s Impact Litigation Director, Rob McDuff, speaking from outside the federal courthouse yesterday.
MCJ joined forces with the ACLU, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Morgan Lewis law firm, and attorney Carroll Rhodes to represent the Mississippi State Conference NAACP and Black voters from around the state in this challenge brought under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The team presented extensive evidence that despite the Black population growth in Mississippi over recent years, the legislature failed to increase the number of majority Black election districts even though it easily could have.
The Mississippi Center for Justice is a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial, economic, and social justice. Supported and staffed by attorneys and other professionals, the Center develops and pursues strategies to combat discrimination and poverty statewide.
As we kick off our celebration of remarkable individuals and organizations under this year’s Catalyst of Change theme, we are excited to shine a spotlight on a man who has helped enlarge MCJ’s capacity to accelerate change through his philanthropic gift. Join us this week......
24 April, 2024 Blog“The history of this country, especially the South, has a long-standing history of neglect, inequality, and inequities that are traumatically illustrated. This disregard has been more pronounced when it comes to communities of color. As I have grown older, I have become more convinced that......
19 April, 2024 BlogA Message from Linda M. Dixon, Director of Health Law Mississippi and states like it must act now to prevent an alarming increase in the number of kids who are uninsured due to the Medicaid unwinding process. The Mississippi Center for Justice urges the state......
03 April, 2024 BlogAs we kick off our celebration of remarkable individuals and organizations under this year’s Catalyst of Change theme, we are excited to shine a spotlight on a man who has helped enlarge MCJ’s capacity to accelerate change through his philanthropic gift. Join us this week......
24 April, 2024 Blog