Civil Rights

By Melvina C. Ford, Executive Director Ninety years after the first celebration of Black History Month in 1926, the historic, unfair and unlawful relationship between race and criminality remains [...]

The Equal Rights Center (ERC) has been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP). “The ERC is honored to be a [...]

On a clear September morning twelve years ago, our lives were forever changed. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, some even began to look at other Americans as “the enemy,” based on their religion, [...]

By Grant Beck, ERC Communications Associate It’s a cloudless, sweltering day in August. Washington, D.C., is buzzing. The concrete of the Lincoln Memorial glows in the blistering sunshine. The [...]

By Paul Khouri, ERC Civil Rights intern Growing up in Jordan with multiple disabilities, I learned firsthand the realities of disability issues in developing countries.  When I moved to the [...]

By Abidjan Walker, Communications Intern Just weeks away from the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, considered the seminal moment of the Civil Rights Movement, America has suffered an [...]

“Three weeks ago we celebrated our nation’s Independence Day. Today we’re here to rejoice in and celebrate another ‘Independence Day,’ one that is long overdue. With [...]

By Alexia Smokler, Presidential Management Fellow with HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Buying a home and starting (or growing) a family should be among the most joyful moments [...]

By Paul Khouri, civil rights intern On the way to work one morning, I was greeted by a group of eight-to-ten year olds who were campers from Valley Mill Camp, a summer day camp in Germantown, [...]

Yesterday, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (WLC) hosted the annual Wiley A. Branton Awards Luncheon at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Washington, D.C. The [...]