50th Anniversary Op-Ed Series
The State of Equality and Justice
in America
This all-star series, "The State of Equality and Justice in America", launched in December 2012, is penned by some of the most prolific civil rights and thought leaders of the 21st Century:
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq., National Chair, National Congress of Black Women
'No One Can Change the Change'
Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
The Federal Government Must Step Up
The Rev. C.T. Vivian, National President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Urgency of Now Must be Taken Seriously
Laura Murphy, Director, Washington Legislative Office, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The Pendulum Swings between Joy and Despair
Benjamin Todd Jealous, President/CEO of the NAACP and Chad Griffin, President of the Human Rights Council
Bayard Rustin: An Unsung Hero for Equality
Dr. Elsie L. Scott, Founding Director of the Ronald W. Walters Center, Howard University, and Immediate Past President/CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Let Us Not Lose Focus on the Justice Issues That Still Loom
Charles J. Ogletree Jr., Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Executive Director and Founder, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
It Is the Best of Times and the Worst of Times
Barbara Arnwine, President & Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
50 Years of Moving America Toward Justice: Reflections on Civil Rights Milestones and Struggles
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