The Equal Justice Society says farewell and thank you to departing staff members, Yoana Tchoukleva, (Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellow, 2018-2020), Amalee Beattie (Summer Law Clerk), and Josh Cottle (Summer Law Clerk). Yoana Tchoukleva joined EJS in late 2018 after EJS revived the Motley Fellowship, thanks to a generous endowment by Elizabeth J.ContinueContinue reading “Goodbye and Thank You, Yoana Tchoukleva, Amalee Beattie, and Josh Cottle!”
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This Week in White Supremacy #139: What Dr. King Said at the March on Washington About Police Brutality
Newly released video of George Floyd’s fatal interaction with Minneapolis police shows that medical personnel waited nearly three minutes to perform chest compressions in an attempt to revive the handcuffed man who had been pinned down on a Minneapolis street until he lost consciousness in May.
Richard Zitrin: Being ‘Anti-Racist’ is Not Enough
Richard Zitrin I was talking with Eva Paterson about my recent renewed reflections about racism. After we talked, she asked me to write something from my perspective: a white guy who has considered himself an anti-racist for most all of my 73 years. Some of this perspective goes back as far my pre-teen years andContinueContinue reading “Richard Zitrin: Being ‘Anti-Racist’ is Not Enough”