2005 Press Releases - The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

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2005 Press Releases

Court of Appeals Approves Anti-Civil Rights Initiative for 2006 Michigan Ballot - 12/21/05

Civil Rights Coalition Announces Recipients of 2006 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award - 12/21/05

Civil Rights Coalition Calls for Congressional Investigation Into Justice Department's Failure to Enforce Voting Rights Laws - 12/02/05

Nation's Premier Civil Rights Coalition Announces Opposition to Alito's Supreme Court Nomination - 11/17/05

Halloween Court Ruling Reinforces Connerly's Tricks - 10/31/05

Pressured by the Radical Right, Bush Nominates Right Wing Judicial Activist - 10/31/05

The Stakes Are Too High to Bow to the Right Wing - 10/27/05

By Sitting Down, Rosa Parks Gave the Country the Courage to Stand Up - 10/25/05

Civil Rights Coalition Works to "Reclaim Access" to Higher Education - 10/24/05

Civil Rights Groups Call White House Response to Hurricane Katrina a Trojan Horse - 10/21/05

Congress Praised for Moving Forward on Reauthorization of Voting Rights Act; Passage Critical to Protect the Rights of All Americans to Vote - 10/18/05

New Radio & Print PSAs Launched to Combat Housing Discrimination Against Asian Americans - 10/12/05

Is Harriet Miers the Right Person for Our Nation's Highest Court? - 10/03/05

Republican Rep. Davis and Democratic Rep. Norton to Push for DC Voting Rights at UDC Luncheon - 09/29/05

Civil Rights Leader Calls for Bennett's Radio Program to Be Pulled - 09/29/05

Civil Rights Coalition Disappointed in Confirmation of Roberts - 09/29/05

America's Racial & Cultural Digital Divide - 09/27/05

Civil Rights Advocates and Communications Policy Experts to Discuss New Digital Divide Findings and Impact on Pending Legislation - 09/23/05

LCCR Disappointed in Committee Vote, Applauds Senators Who Took a Stand Against Roberts' Nomination - 09/22/05

No Taxpayer Dollars Should Be Spent on Employment Discrimination - 09/22/05

LCCR Announces Opposition to Roberts Nomination - 09/15/05

Supreme Court Plaintiff Beverly Jones Urges Careful Review of Roberts' Record - 09/15/05

Civil Rights Leader Wade Henderson & Supreme Court Plaintiff Beverly Jones to Testify on Roberts' Disturbing Civil Rights Record - 09/14/05

Roberts' Hostility to Civil Rights Progress Unchanged Over 20 Years - 09/14/05

Roberts on Voting Rights Act - 09/13/05

As Hearings Begin, Roberts Has a Lot to Explain - 09/12/05

Roberts' Nomination to Chief Justice Raises Red Flags - 09/05/05

Rehnquist Era Ends, Future of Supreme Court Hangs in Balance - 09/04/05

Major Civil Rights Groups Outraged by Administration's Attempt to Sweep Evidence of Widespread Racial Profiling Under the Bureaucratic Rug - 08/30/05

Affirmative Action Group Assails "Civil Rights Report" - 08/18/05

Sunday Marks 70th Anniversary of One of America's Most Important Civil Rights Programs - 08/12/05

Why Is John Engler Rushing to Judgment on John Roberts? - 08/10/05

Refusal to Turn Over Key Documents Breaks Precedent & Raises Suspicions - 08/08/05

40th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act of 1965 Highlights Gains & Gaps - 08/05/05

Roberts: Record Reveals Hostility to Civil Rights - 08/04/05

The Nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to the Supreme Court - 08/04/05

15th Anniversary of the Passage of Americans With Disabilities Act - 07/26/05

Roberts: Justice Scalia in O'Connor's Robes? - 07/19/05

LCCR on O'Connor Resignation - 07/01/05

New Report Tracks Threats to Affirmative Action at the State Level - 06/23/05

Boyle Rammed Through Committee With Partisan Push - 06/15/05

Confirmation of Griffith Another Blow to Civil Rights - 06/14/05

Pryor's Confirmation a Slap in the Face - 06/09/05

LCCR: Rogers Brown's Confirmation Both Alarming & Embarrassing - 06/08/05

LCCR Unveils TV Ad Opposing Janice Rogers Brown - 06/02/05

Nation's Major Civil Rights Organization to Run New TV Ad Opposing Janice Rogers Brown - 06/01/05

LCCR Backs Bipartisan Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005 - 05/26/05

Owen's Confirmation Disappointing - 05/25/05

Henderson: Compromise Is Victory for Senate Rules - 05/23/05

'Nuclear Option' Considered in the Shadow of Historic Brown Decision - 05/17/05

Statement of Wade Henderson on Pryor Nomination - 05/12/05

Civil Rights Leaders Deliver Anti-Nuclear Option Letter to Frist & Reid - 05/10/05

Civil Rights Leaders Denounce Nuclear Option - 05/09/05

Wade Henderson: "REAL ID Act Won't Make America Any Safer" - 05/03/05

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights to Honor Julian Bond, Ginny Thornburgh & Senator Tom Daschle This Wednesday - 05/02/05

Henderson Statement on Frist's No-Compliance Compromise - 04/28/05

Henderson: Don't Compromise Integrity of Our System of Checks & Balances or Our Federal Courts - 04/27/05

Radio Ads on Frist's "Nuclear Option" to Air - 04/25/05

Not Just a Retirement Program: Social Security Is a Civil Rights Issue - 04/25/05

Bush Social Security Plan Hurts Minorities - 04/22/05

LCCR's Henderson Calls Rogers Brown and Owen Unfit Ideological Activists - 04/21/05

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Lauds the Important Work of Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons - 04/19/05

LCCR Joins Advocates for Working Families at Nation's Capitol to Denounce Bankruptcy Bill - 04/13/05

More Than 140 Groups That Seldom Take Positions on Judges Call On Senate to Reject Nuclear Option - 04/12/05

Civil Rights Coalition Urges Senate to Reject House-Passed Waiver of "All Laws" - 04/12/05

Unusual Suspects to Call on Senators to Reject Nuclear Option, Strange Bedfellows Make Common Cause on Power Grab - 04/12/05

North Carolina NAACP, North Carolina's Urban League Affiliates, Rep. Mel Watt & Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Call on Senators to Oppose Boyle Nomination - 04/11/05

Civil Rights Coalition Calls REAL ID Act a Power Grab, Sharply Criticizing Anti-immigrant Provisions - 04/05/05

Civil Rights Groups Score Title IX Victory in Supreme Court - 03/29/05

LCCR Joins Hundreds in Nation's Capitol to Denounce Frist's Threat to Trigger Nuclear Option - 03/16/05

Civil Rights Coalition Opposes Griffith - 03/08/05

40th Anniversary of Selma's "Bloody Sunday" Highlights Gains and Gaps in Voting Rights - 03/04/05

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Opposes Myers - 03/01/05

Civil Rights Coalition Calls Boyle Unfit, Opposes Confirmation - 02/23/05

Bush Reveals His Real Judicial Agenda: Pack Federal Bench With Controversial Judges Intent on Rolling Back Rights - 02/14/05

Civil Rights Coalition Condemns Senate Refusal to Prevent Worker and Minority Abuse in Class Action Bill - 02/09/05

Civil Rights Coalition Calls on Senators to Prevent Worker and Minority Abuse in Class Action Bill - 02/04/05

Nation's Largest Civil Rights Coalition Calls on Senators to Oppose Confirmation of Alberto R. Gonzales to U.S. Attorney General - 01/27/05

Civil Rights Coalition Urges Senate to Withhold Confirmation of U.S. Attorney General Nominee Alberto Gonzales - 01/26/05

Civil Rights Coalition Calls Ward Connerly's Anti-Affirmative Action Michigan Initiative Divisive and Misguided - 01/06/05

Civil Rights Leaders Ask Senators to Closely Scrutinize U.S. Attorney General Nominee Alberto Gonzales - 01/05/05