MEMO TO: CORE CHAPTERS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM

We call upon the Justice Department to halt persecution of The Albany Nine people, and to aI· l ure Negroes in the South that jUltlce w11l be Invoked against those who have beat, jailed ilnd intlml dated them We call for action against Southern policemen whose brutalities against man far exceed any al

Robert Kennedy on civil rights, 1963 Introduction

Kennedy, to compile a report on the Civil Rights enforcement activities of the Justice Department over the previous year In this report, submitted on January 24, 1963, Robert Kennedy notes “progress” overall, but reminds the President that difficult race problems remain “not only in the South but throughout the country ”

Address by Honorable Robert F Kennedy Attorney General of

Jan 20, 2011 · the Department of Justice has filed 35 suits--25 of them in this Administration--to end discrimination against Negroes who seek to vote Some southern states use a literacy test to deny Negroes the right to register As a result, barely literate whites, coached by the registrar, are allowed to register and vote

United States District Judges Southern District of Florida

District of Florida, transfers three Southern District judgeships to Middle District 1963 Charles B Fulton appointed to new seat 1965 William O Mehrtens appointed to replace Judge Choate 1966 Two additional judgeships authorized, filled by C Clyde Atkins and Ted Cabot; Judge Dyer appointed to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

21ST CENTURY AGENDA FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM

• Achieve Comprehensive Criminal Justice System Reform When we compare these goals with the demands made on that August afternoon in 1963, we are struck by how little has changed In 1963, as today, the most pressing demands centered on economic equality, educational opportunity and parity, and civil rights

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

who was stopped just 25 yards after crossing the southern border with-out inspection or an entry document He was detained for expedited removal An asylum officer rejected his credible-fear claim, a super-vising officer agreed, and an Immigr ation Judge affirmed Respondent then filed a federal habeas petition, asserting for the first time a fear

Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963) [Abridged]

“justice too long delayed is justice denied ” We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter