If we are to avoid living in some kind of locked-up surveillance dystopia, government officials at the federal, state, and local levels together must make voluntary compliance possible.
March 17, 2020
In the final installment of this series, Rahsaan Hall looks at efforts by the ACLU of Massachusetts to confront racism in law enforcement and racially disparate policing.
February 28, 2020
Whether it's desegregated housing or education, Black Americans have fought for centuries to win the basic freedoms enshrined in the Constitution. Rahsaan Hall charts the ACLU's role in the long struggle for equal protection under the law.
February 21, 2020
Since the Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965, the ACLU has been working fervently to ensure that our nation fulfills its promise of full representation for Black Americans.
February 13, 2020
In the first of our blogs for Black History Month 2020, Rahsaan Hall discusses the ACLU's early racial justice work, beginning with our defense of the Scottsboro Boys.
February 4, 2020Rahsaan Hall, ACLUM Racial Justice Director, contemplates how Dr. King's message compels us to act on the rising evils of police militarism and discriminatory surveillance.
January 20, 2020