Letter from Charles J. Moreland, Chairman of the National Black Youth Network, to Del. Walter E. Fauntroy requesting a partnership between NBLR and the CBC to build the NBLR network with Black youth across the country. March 18, 1981
Letter from the Lawyers'Committee for Civil Rights Under Law to members of the United States House of Representatives expressing support for the Racial Justice Act H.R. 4618. Signed by the committee's executive director Barbara R. Arnwine. September 24, 1990
Rep. Charles Rangel's introduction of H.R. 12757, a bill to establish minimum prisoner treatment standards for prisons in the United States and to create an agency to hear complaints arising from alleged infractions of such standards; to the Committee on the...
Rep. George Crockett Jr. thanks constituent Curtis Greenwood for his letter expressing concern over drugs in the community and addressing Mr. Greenwood's suggestion to use U.S. troops to control drug trafficking. April 28, 1988
A letter from the Library of Congress to Rep. Barbara Jordan enclosing the requested annual report from the Department of Corrections in Texas and New Mexico. May 10, 1973
Letter from Rep. Elton Gallegly detailing to Congress that the legalization of drugs will create an unprecedented threat to the well-being of the nation.
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's publication, "Point of View," featuring the Congressional Black Caucus'opinion on the 1984 Crime Bill. 1984
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund held a briefing on the Racial Justice Act (H.R. 4618). Monica Cerna from Rep. John Conyers'office sent the briefing material to all CBC staff members who were not able to attend. October 1990
Introduction of H.R. 12857. A bill to establish a Commission on Penal Reform; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Rep. Shirley Chisholm among the sponsors. February 2, 1972
Rep. George W. Crockett's 1988 letter to Chairman Dante Fascell suggesting additional language be added to the narcotics legislation. May 17, 1988
1973 article by Rep. Charles B. Rangel for the Westsider. Rangel expresses his opposition to the heroin maintenance program. May 17, 1973
Letters between Mr. Jerry Cooper of the Alliance for Drug Decriminalization and Rep. George Crockett regarding advocacy efforts in support of the decriminalization of private drug use. 1990