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By Andrea Young, Executive Director, ACLU of Georgia This week we remember Dr. Martin Luther King. During his life, Dr. King gave voice to a vision of an America without racism, war, or poverty—and went on to embrace that vision for all the people of the world. As Dr. wrote in his Letter from the

ATLANTA – The ACLU of Georgia sent a letter this week to the Hall County Board of Elections & Voter Registration notifying the board that its proposal to eliminate bilingual materials for its Spanish speaking U.S. citizens may violate the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Trump Administration Must Release on an Accelerated Timetable Documents Concerning its Travel Ban on People of the Muslim Faith

Former DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis is joining the ACLU of Georgia as its first political director. “Burrell brings a wealth of professional experience and unique perspective to our work for civil liberties and especially criminal justice reform." Andrea Young, ACLU of Georgia Executive Director.

A federal prison officer demanded I remove my headscarf before entering the visitation area. According to the officer, the headscarf would have been allowed if I were Muslim or Jewish but, he claimed, the prison did not recognize “Christian head covering.” That was wrong.

The ACLU of Georgia and the ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion & Belief have sent a letter to the United States Penitentiary of Atlanta in response to their discrimination against Audra Ragland, a Christian woman who covers her head.

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 the Dream Act almost two months ago. These politicians ruled out fixing the problem that they themselves had created unnecessarily.

“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 discrimination against people based on religion, race, and gender.