Press Releases

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ACLU Demands Del Paso Manor Elementary School Stop Censoring Black Lives Matter

Teacher Disciplined Students and Threw Away Black Lives Matter Posters

ACLU of Northern California Launches Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California

Multimedia project highlights little-known story of black and Native enslavement and its enduring legacy

ACLU Files Complaint on Behalf of Black Students at Fresno Unified Bullied and Harassed by Blackface Video

School district fails to protect students from ongoing racial abuse
Issue Areas: Racial Justice, Schools

Advocates Celebrate Governor Newsom’s Signature on SB 136, Dismantling a Cruel, Ineffective Sentence Enhancement

The Governor’s signature reins in an expensive and racially discriminatory one-year sentence enhancement that adds additional years to someone’s sentence, lengthening family separations

California Governor Signs Landmark Bill Halting Facial Recognition on Police Body Cams

AB 1215 will keep inaccurate, biased, and invasive surveillance technology from being used against the public with body cams, which were promised for police transparency and accountability