Freedom to Protest
The late congressman John Lewis being arrested for the first time in Nashville Tennessee after a staged sit-in protesting segregation.
Photo from New Georgia Encyclopedia.
Legal
Cases
Demand Letter
Letter Urges Bartow County School System Superintendent and Cass High School Principal to Apologize for Forcing Student Participation in March 14 Walk Out
Letter Warns State Capitol Police Against Suppressing Protests at the Capitol
Letter to Mayor and Sheriff of Oakwood, Georgia, on First Amendment After Suppression of Student Protest
Letter to Cobb County School Superintendent and the principals at Lassiter, Kell, and Sprayberry High Schools Regarding Reports of Schools Physically Preventing Students From Walking Out in Protest in Exercise of Their First Amendment Rights
Letter to Liberty County School System Demanding Immediate Cancelation of the Suspension of Student Protester
In the News
Press Statements
ACLU of Georgia Statement on Curfew and Militarization
ACLU of Georgia Disappointed the State to Spend $5 Million Tax Dollars on Fencing to Stifle Free Speech
ACLU of Georgia Opposes Hate Crimes Bill in its Current Form
ACLU of Georgia Opposes Bill that Tramples First Amendment
News Articles
Senate revives bill that would make protests that block highways a felony
Georgia proposal returns to crack down on crimes committed at protests
Senate panel squashes bill that opponents say targeted protesters
Lawyers, clergy urge Atlanta officials to drop 600 protesters’ charges
Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets Used Against Protesters At Capitol
‘Hold My Hand’: Pleas For Peace Drowned By Tear Gas
Federal District Court Rules in Favor of the ACLU of Georgia for First Amendment Violations Against Citizens Protesting the Proposed Abortion Ban
The ACLU of Georgia Victorious in Protecting Georgians’ First Amendment Rights in Federal Lawsuit Against the City of Savannah
Judge rules protesters can wave signs opposing immigration bill in Georgia Capitol
NAACP, Jeezy, Hawks Coach Lloyd Pierce March with Protestors
ACLU sues over free speech in Pence security zone at parade. Now, Savannah says signs OK
Court throws out $1.4 million verdict against Marietta abortion clinic
ACLU of Georgia advocates for student punished for school walkout protest