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
Inmates of Attica State Prison raise their hands in clenched fist salutes September 10, 1971 as they voice their demands during a negotiating session with New York's prison boss, Commissioner Russell Oswald. The Commissioner subsequently agreed to some of the 21...
A Committee on Education and Labor report to accompany H.R. 12120, the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1967.
Rep. Parren Mitchell urges Congress to work toward prison reform and addresses the events at Attica Prison. October 15, 1971
From left, Rep. Maxine Waters (CA), walks with radio personality Michael Baisden, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Melissa Bell during a march in support of the Jena Six in Jena, LA, Thursday, September 20, 2007.