Bio
Dennis Parker () was director of the 老澳门开奖结果 Racial Justice Program, leading its efforts in combating discrimination and addressing other issues with a disproportionate impact on communities of color. Parker oversaw work to combat the 鈥淪chool-to-Prison鈥 pipeline, the profiling of airline passengers subjected to searches and wrongfully placed on watch lists and the racial bias in the criminal justice system. Prior to joining the 老澳门开奖结果, Parker was the chief of the Civil Rights Bureau in the Office of New York State Attorney General under Eliot Spitzer. He previously spent 14 years at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Parker has also worked with the New York Legal Aid Society. He teaches Race, Poverty and Constitutional Law at New York Law School. He graduated from Harvard Law School and Middlebury College.
Featured work
Jan 25, 2012
Racial Profiling is an Injustice Against Us All
Jan 21, 2012
Remembering Dr. King's Dream as Voters Go to the Polls in South Carolina
Mar 29, 2011
Honoring the Women of the Civil Rights Movement
Aug 30, 2010
Racial Inequities Five Years after Katrina
Aug 3, 2010
Shirley Sherrod, and a Meaningful Discussion of Race
Oct 19, 2009
Loving v. Virginia Still Relevant 40 Years Later
Sep 7, 2009
Stimulus Funds Must Acknowledge Employment Gap
Jul 6, 2009
Racial Equality Is Within Our Reach
May 22, 2009
Brown Anniversary a Chance to Renew Our Commitment to Equality
Nov 5, 2008
Obama Gives Us a Foot in the Door