Civil Rights

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 [...]

In 2010, a University of Nebraska at Kearney student, Brittany Hamilton, filed for a reasonable accommodation under the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) to allow her to keep Butch, a 4-pound [...]