Racial Justice

"Our Atlanta city fathers and mothers dismantled the old Jim Crow. We can, and we must unravel all of the manifestations of the New Jim Crow."

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What you need to know

3 times

Black students are suspended and expelled from school three times more often than white students are.

20 times

The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Latino households.

7 in 10

Seven in ten blacks said they are treated less fairly than whites are in their dealings with police.

Systemic Equality

Since the nation’s founding, the fabric of American society has been woven with deeply racist policies, practices, and attitudes that harm Black and Indigenous people of color. These policies have led to an unequal system where white people have both implicit and explicit advantages because of the color of their skin, leading to better opportunities in jobs, education, and housing.

Systemic Equality is a racial justice agenda that seeks to address America’s legacy of racism and systemic discrimination through administrative and legislative campaigns targeting marginalized people, advocacy efforts, legal strategies to strike down laws and practices that exclude and harm, and significant investment and dedicated resources in the South.


Justice for Ahmaud

In the afternoon, on February 23, 2020 Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man was jogging through the Satilla Shores neighborhood -- minutes away from his own home -- in Brunswick, Georgia, when two local white men -- Gregory (64) and his son Travis McMichael (34) -- shot and killed him. According to a letter from one of the District Attorneys involved in the case, Bryan William, another white man, filmed portions of the killing.

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Press Release: Civil Rights Organizations Call on Georgia Lawmakers to Reject Senate Bill 120

We joined a group of civil rights organizations in sending a letter urging lawmakers to reject Senate Bill 120.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
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Press Release: Court Orders Effingham County School District to Turn Over Documents

A federal court ordered Effingham County School District to stop improperly withholding key documents in a lawsuit filed by former and current students.
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Press Statement: ACLU of Georgia Supports Proposed Atlanta Public Schools Hair Discrimination Policy Changes

The Atlanta Public School Board should adopt language from the CROWN Act, which aims to end hair discrimination that disproportionately affects Black students.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
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The Appeal, Inc. v, Oliver

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Jun 23, 2023

A.D. et al v. Effingham County School District et al