That Persistently American Place: A Response to the Murder of George Floyd
That Persistently American Place Like many of you, I’ve been shaken by the murders of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd. I’ve felt raw anger, ...
June 03, 2020 Blog Story
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Securing Justice for Curtis Flowers
How many times can a man, innocent, be tried for the same crime? For Curtis Flowers, a black man who grew up in Winona, MS, it has been six....
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Achieving Freedom from ICE
Tony Agustin, a Mexican national, was arrested without warning last August in a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on the Miss...
April 20, 2020 Story
About MCJ
The Mississippi Center for Justice is a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial and economic justice. Supported and staffed by attorneys and other professionals, the Center develops and pursues strategies to combat discrimination and poverty statewide.
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Fight for DACA and Dreamers Continues After Supreme Court Decision
There were an estimated 900,000 young Americans without authorized immigration status in 2012. Today there are over 1.3 million. These individuals were brought here as children, sometimes just days old, and America is their only home. Undocumented persons do not have Social Security numbers. They......
July 01, 2020 Blog
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Mississippi Protester Support
Welcome to the Mississippi Protester Legal Support Site! Together with our partners, including Peoples’ Advocacy Institute and Black With No Chaser, Mississippi Center for Justice is here to support Mississippians who are taking action to oppose and transform cultures of injustice in America. We’re doing this......
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MCJ Hails Removal of Confederate Emblem from State Flag
JACKSON, Mississippi – Today, Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bipartisan bill that will remove the Confederate emblem from the state flag. For the first time since 1894, Mississippi will have a new flag. Vangela M. Wade, the President and CEO of the Mississippi Center......
July 01, 2020 In the News -
MS Legislature Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Repeal Discriminatory Election Scheme from 1890 Constitution
After yesterday’s historic vote to take down the Confederate emblem as part of Mississippi’s state flag that was adopted in 1894, the Mississippi legislature today took another step in dismantling the legacy of the post-Reconstruction era by proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the 1890......
June 30, 2020 In the News Press Release