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Connie Rice

Connie Rice

Connie Rice is renowned for her unconventional approaches to tackling problems of inequity and exclusion. Rice has received more than 50 major awards for her leadership of diverse coalitions, and her non-traditional approaches to litigating major cases involving police misconduct, employment discrimination and fair public resource allocation. She successfully co-litigated class-action, civil rights cases winning more than $1.6 billion in policy changes and remedies during her nine year tenure in the Los Angeles office of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). One of the founders of The Advancement Project, Rice is a graduate of Harvard College and... Read full bio

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Power Concedes Nothing will be released on January 10, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Teen Stars World, December 12, 2012
...Nothing: One Woman’s Quest for Social Justice in America, from the Courtroom to the Kill Zones” – Connie Rice (Scribner) “The Courage to Hope” – Shirley Sherrod (Atria Books) “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court ” –...
MSN Entertainment, December 11, 2012
...Nothing: One Woman's Quest for Social Justice in America, from the Courtroom to the Kill Zones" - Connie Rice (Scribner) ·� � � � � � � � "The Courage to Hope" - Shirley Sherrod (Atria Books) ·� � � � � � � � "The Oath:...
Wave Newspapers, June 22, 2012
...three weeks ago at the CAAM [the California African-American Museum],” he said. “There was also [civil rights lawyer] Connie Rice, and CAAM’s executive director Charmaine Jefferson. I got that he was a man of deep sincerity. He had re-invented...
Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2012
...Rodney King, dead at 47: "I was one of the lucky ones" Book review: "Power Concedes Nothing" by Connie Rice Rodney King and the L.A. Riots: when 20 years can seem like yesterday -- Carolyn Kellogg Photo: In March 2012, Rodney King looks at a...
Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2012
...foul play. RELATED: Rodney King, 20 years after L.A.'s riots Book review: "Power Concedes Nothing" by Connie Rice Rodney King and the L.A. Riots: when 20 years can seem like yesterday -- Carolyn Kellogg Photo: Rodney King addresses the...
PensacolaNewsJournal.com, January 18, 2013
...Ballard, vice president Pat Knoll, treasurer Carol Rosenbleeth, recording secretary Candace Enfinger-Blackmon, corresponding secretary Patsy Enfinger, Ann Gauldin, Connie Rice, Jenny Roberts and Susan Williams The krewe participates in the Fiesta of...
Northwest Asian Weekly, January 17, 2013
...of the Seattle Police Department on Wednesday, Jan. 16, in a follow-up to the community’s meeting with Connie Rice earlier in December. In attendance were approximately 20 people, including Lieutenant Carmen Bess, Arlene Oki, Al Sugiyama, Doug Chin,...
MCN, January 12, 2013
...committee of South LA backers, African Americans with Wendy, that includes police commissioner John Mack, civil rights attorney Connie Rice and political consultant Kerman Maddox. Perry introduced a motion in the City Council calling on the city’s...
SCPR, January 7, 2013
...the Echo Park-Silver Lake Patch. Former Controller Rick Tuttle endorsed John Choi in that race. Civil rights leader Connie Rice endorsed Matt Szabo . Where to Find the Politicians Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and police Chief Charlie Beck will...
California Lawyer, January 3, 2013
California Lawyer, January 1, 2013
Spartanburg Herald-Journal, December 28, 2012
...SC. Five brothers, Robert Lee (Modestine) Rice of Union, SC, Dennis (Darlene) Rice of Newport News, VA, Lewis (Connie) Rice of Union, SC, Dan Rice of Woodruff, SC and Willie James Rice of Spartanburg, SC. Four sisters, Lillie Ruth (Raymond) Hines of...