DEFENDING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL MISSISSIPPIANS SINCE 1969
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Mississippians Deserve More Freedom in 2025
The ACLU of Mississippi 2025 Legislative Agenda lays out a roadmap for legislators to protect, restore, and grow liberties for every Mississippian.
Taking Pride in Who We Are
Latest Press Releases
ACLU of Mississippi and Partners File Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of State's New Anti-DEI Law, HB 1193
The ACLU of Mississippi and its partners filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state's anti-DEI law, HB 1193. According to the complaint, it violates the First and Fourteenth...
ACLU of Mississippi and Community Groups Demand Justice and Transparency as Trump DOJ Abandons Federal Police Oversight
The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, the ACLU, and local partners launched the Seven States Safety Campaign today, filing coordinated public records requests to uncover police misconduct in...
Community Intervenors Seek to Modify Court Order to Establish More Oversight, Accountability for Water System Management
The People's Advocacy Institute (PAI) and Mississippi Poor People's Campaign (MS-PPC) filed a motion today seeking to modify the 2022 Interim Stipulated Order that placed Jackson's water system under the...
LGBTQ Justice Project
For a list of outrageous reasons, legal representation is often difficult for LGBTQ Mississippians to obtain. It is our goal to equip law offices statewide with tools that will cater to this oftentimes vulnerable community.
In the courts
Jill Collen Jefferson v. City of Lexington, et. al
The ACLU of Mississippi filed a complaint, seeking damages for the false arrest, illegal search, malicious prosecution, retaliation, and excessive use of force against our client, Attorney Jill Collen Jefferson.
