Civil Wrongs

By Michael E. Tigar, Esq.

January 2023

The author recounts that resisting racism has “pervaded almost every aspect” of his work and recalls how events in the Civil Rights Movement shaped his thinking. He said “You cannot count on the government to do its job, when that job involves acting on behalf of people’s rights. The initiative must come from a popular movement, which should not permit itself to be co-opted.”