The bittersweet role of Black Civil Rights attorneys honored at the White House
By Mona Austin As the pain of yet another unjustified, senseless murder of Black people, throbs in the heart of the Black community a group of Black Civil rights attorneys gathered in the East Room of the White House at an event that recognized their role. The Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law was founded at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. Its members know the families of victims of hate crimes like the Jacksonville shooting that Pres. Joe Biden addressed in his remarks all too well. Cases involving race and rights beckon their assistance and more frequently deadly discrimination is becoming more prevalent. In Jacksonville the shooting took place on the same day the March on Washington was held in the nation's Capitol. From the manifestos the white supremacist shooter left behind, it is apparent that the three people he murdered were targeted solely because they were Black, as if being born Black is a crime. Pres. Biden met with Civil ...