Civil rights history will gain a personal dimension for 37 Michigan teens who leave Sunday from Detroit on a bus tour through three southern states, following a route taken by Freedom Riders a half-century ago. That earlier anti-segregation...
Half a century ago, in the early years of the civil rights movement, a group of courageous, mostly young Americans climbed aboard buses for rides that threatened their lives. They were called Freedom Riders. Next week, three dozen high school...
On June 16 a group of 37 local and out-state high school students will depart by bus for a two-week tour in the Deep South visiting historic sites related to the 1960s civil rights struggle. Sponsored by the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights...
Six Leelanau County and 31 Detroit black, white and Hispanic high school students were scheduled this morning to board a bus for a two-week trip that retraces the steps of civil rights “Freedom Riders” into the Deep South a half century...
When Diane Nash trained volunteers for the 1961 legendary Freedom Rides through the segregated South, she knew it would be dangerous. "I gave them a quick course in nonviolence and how not to get demoralized in jail," then sent the riders...
On June 16, a group of 37 local and out-of-state high school students will depart by bus for a two-week tour in the Deep South, visiting historic sites related to the 1960s civil rights struggle. Sponsored by the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights,...
The Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights speakers series put social justice squarely in the spotlight. Among the highlights: Jules Lobel, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of...
Half a century ago, a few dozen people, some of them from Michigan, did something terribly brave. They exercised their constitutional right to ride Greyhound buses throughout the south. They had interracial couples seated together, and...
Ten years ago, friends of the late public interest attorney Mark Weiss, a 1969 alumnus of Wayne State University Law School, created a fundraiser to honor his legacy. Today, that event — Mark Weiss Day at Comerica Park — is going strong....
Michael Pitt, co-founder of Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden, has been recognized by Michigan Lawyers Weekly as one of its 2013 “Leaders in the Law.” The publication made its annual selection of 30 Michigan attorneys based on criteria...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden attorneys Megan Bonanni and Kevin Carlson have successfully won a settlement for their Center for Inquiry (CFI) client, marking perhaps the first time federal and state civil rights statues have been...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden attorney Kevin Carlson was queried by Crain's Detroit Business reporter Chad Halcom recently regarding his views on the state of Michigan's pending Right to Work legislation which goes into effect...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden has joined the ACLU and Michigan Unions in filing an amended complaint seeking to invalidate the state's new Right-to-Work Law. The case, filed on behalf of a journalist, citizens, legislators, and unions,...
Michael and Peggy Pitt have made another financial scholarship award to a deserving student at Wayne State University Law School. The Pitts established this scholarship 12 years ago and this year have awarded Chelsea Fleetham with the honor. For...
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden founder and principal, Michael Pitt shared his insight with Crain's Detroit Business on what he perceives could be increased workplace conflict as a result of Michigan's new controversial Right To Work law.
The U.S. Supreme Court striking down mandatory life sentences for juveniles without parole, brought the Detroit Legal News to Michael Pitt and Cary McGehee for a better understanding on the decision.
You can read the story here.
Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden founding member Michael Pitt has been named Best Lawyers' 2013 Detroit Employment Law - Individuals "Lawyer of the Year."
Mr. Pitt was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 19th edition of Best Lawyers...
Wayne State graduate, Public Justice board member and Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Gold partner Michael Pitt along with Public Justice has joined forces with Wayne State University to present the Dean A. Robb Public Interest Lecture Series. On...
Super Lawyers, a prestigious rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement has announced the selection of seven Pitt, McGehee, Palmer, Rivers & Golden attorneys to its 2012...
New Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden Partner Megan Bonanni recently sat down with Michigan Lawyers Weekly Editor Doug Levy to share her renaissance-like interests and love of all thing French. You can read the feature here.
