Tag: CIVIL RIGHTS

After initially erroneously reporting on a federal investigation into racially discriminatory practices at multiple universities, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights clarified that the University of Alabama at Birmingham is currently being investigated.

The University of Alabama was recently named among 52 universities currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for alleged “impermissible race-based scholarships and race-based segregation” and other violations of civil rights laws.

Civil rights attorney Harry Daniels released video of an arrest by Andalusia that he claims was unlawful and unnecessary.

Several civil rights attorneys plan to file a federal lawsuit in connection to the death of Jawan Dallas, a 36-year-old man who died after being detained by Mobile police.

Civil rights attorneys from across the nation were in south Alabama Thursday morning just before the funeral of a man who died after an encounter with Mobile police officers on July 2.