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Nov 3, 2017

ACLU of Georgia Says Young People Have Earned a Clean Extension of the Dream Act

Atlanta – Yesterday President Trump met with a small group of Senate Republicans to discuss a potential legislative fix for the 800,000 young people who are living in limbo since the politicians canceled...

Nov 2, 2017

Thank you, Rep. John Lewis!

“As a nation based on laws, we must move forward, not backwards. I remember the signs that said ‘whites only’ and ‘colored only.’ I remember when businesses open to the public engaged in blatant...

Oct 12, 2017

ACLU of Georgia Files Complaint Against Cumming Home Ministries for Refusing Shelter to Deaf Man

The ACLU of Georgia and ACLU Disability Rights Project have filed an administrative complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development charging that...

Aug 29, 2017

ACLU of Georgia's Freedom School in Douglasville

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia brought its Freedom School volunteer training to Douglas County at the Dog River Public Library on Saturday, August 26. The Douglas Women Unite hosted the...

Aug 4, 2017

Don’t Let Trump and His Allies Block the Ballot

Fifty-two years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. It was a defining moment for the Civil Rights Movement and for all of us...

May 16, 2017

On Second Thought: Andrea Young on Workplace LGBT Protections

On April 10, 2017 the ACLU of Georgia and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act clearly prohibits workplace discrimination on...