... Center for Constitutional Rights who represent the Descendants Project sent a letter to the Louisiana attorney general and the Louisiana Division of Archaeology, requesting that they force the...
...The Descendants Project filed a motion for a temporary restraining order on Thursday in the 19th Judicial District Court to prevent “ground-penetrating” activities to protect what they believe to...
... In May 2021, builders began driving dozens of metal beams into the ground near the Whitney. The Banner sisters jumped into action and asked the Center for Constitutional Rights, the attorneys who...
...“Obviously we’re disappointed in the ruling,” Pam Spees, senior staff attorney at the Center For Constitutional Rights who’s helping to represent the Descendants Project told The Lens. “This...
...“The fact that we don’t have evidence is a result of the system of slavery, where burial grounds were unmarked,” said Pam Spees, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is...
In August 2022, local activists submitted multiple requests for information on possible collusion between government officials and Elon Musk’s tech giant SpaceX in the company’s expansion in South...
Groups seek information on possible collusion between SpaceX and local officials, targeting of environmental activist, and federal licensing process August 8, 2022, Brownsville, TX – Local activists...
...“When we came here, we had hope,” said St. James resident Barbara Washington, a co-director of Inclusive Louisiana. “When we look at how they heard our cries and our pleas, we are confident that...
... The Descendants Project is suing St. John the Baptist Parish, challenging the validity of an ordinance that rezoned a tract of farmland in Wallace from residential to industrial in 1990. Working...
