Press Release, correspondence and news clippings by Rep. John Conyers on incidents of racial and intergroup violence. Various dates 1980
An analysis of the Habeas Corpus Provision of Crime Bill (H.R. 5269) that provides its prefix and key elements as well as the Republican Party's substitute for the bill. September 9, 1990
A 1988 update on the activity of the Congressional Black Caucus and the legislation introduced and/or championed by the CBC.
2007 press release from the Office of Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott announcing his National Crime Policy Summit. June 18, 2007
Introduction of H.R. 5592, a bill to abolish the death penalty under all laws of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Co-sponsored by Rep. Young. March 14, 1973.
In his letter to Rep. George Crockett, Stanley Neustadter applauds the Congressman for supporting the legalization of drugs and offers him resource material to support his position. December 19, 1989
Rep. Augustus Hawkins discusses economic justice as a way to reduce crime in a press release dated November 24, 1980.
Julius L Chambers of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund writes a letter to Rep. Ron Dellums regarding the Habeas Corpus and Racial Justice Act provisions to Crime Bill. September 12,1990
Rep. Maxine Waters speaks on the subject Police Brutality, A Nation Epidemic, at the Riverside Faith Temple, Sunday, June 20, 1999, in Riverside, California. Waters came to Riverside to lend her support and voice into the investigation of police brutality in the wake...
Rep. Augustus Hawkins remarks on the injustice shown in the Warlest Jackson killing. March 2, 1967
Extension of Remarks H.R. 7351. A bill to amend Title 18 of the United States Code by adding a new chapter 404 to establish an Institute for Continuing Studies of Juvenile Justice. Referred to Committee on the Judiciary, April 7, 1971. July 28, 1971
Two inmates at the Attica State Prison, Attica, N.Y., visit with another inmate inside a makeshift hospital set up by the inmates inside cellblock D, September 11, 1971. The prisoner rebellion at this maximum security prison heads into its third day.