History

• The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights was founded in 1963 under the advice of John F. Kennedy to fight racial discrimination from a legal standpoint.
  
  

Purpose

• The committee provides pro bono assistance for litigation and public policy advocacy to benefit the cause of civil rights for minorities.
  
  

Education and Employment

• One of the main objectives for the committee is to enforce equal opportunity legislation to guarantee that racial minorities are not discriminated against in the workplace or when seeking educational advancement.
  
  

Environmental Law

• The committee recognizes that minorities are more likely to suffer from the effects of air and water pollution and provides legal assistance to those with health problems related to these effects.
  
  

Patriot Act

• The committee is officially against the Patriot Act and other legislative practices that it says unfairly target racial minorities in anti-terrorism screening processes.