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Comcast v. National Association of African-American Owned Media

Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 8:04 p.m.

Today's guest hosts are Brent J. Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress, and Edwith Theogene, Organizing Director for Generation Progress.

They discuss a case that’s currently making its way through the Supreme Court, Comcast v. National Association of African-American-Owned Media. This case has significant implications for one of the oldest civil rights statutes that provides core protection for African Americans and other marginalized groups, Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

To explain what is happening with the case and why we should all be paying attention to it, Brett and Edwith are joined in-studio by Dariely Rodriguez, the director of the Economic Justice Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Dorian Spence, the director of Special Litigation and Advocacy also at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

The website for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is LawyersCommittee.org and their Twitter handle is @LawyersComm.
Dariely Rodriguez's Twitter handle is @DarielyEsq and Dorian Spence's handle is @DLSCivilRights.
The website for "Generation Progress" is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @GenProgress.  Brent J. Cohen's Twitter handle is @BrentJCohen and Edwith Theogene's handle is @WhoIsEdwith.