WORKING FOR JUSTICE 

The story of the DOJ’s critical role in desegregating the American workforce has never been told. Featuring filmed interviews with the surviving members of the pioneering group of lawyers and paralegals who worked in the ELS in its foundational era, the multimedia project will chronicle how government lawyers at the Department of Justice fought to desegregate the workforce in the 1960s and 1970s until the Reagan administration reversed course. The aim is to highlight the story and accomplishments of the Section, its lawyers, and its cases and ultimately show how the combined efforts of a small but mission-driven, cohesive unit of civil rights lawyers changed America for good.

Educational and informative content need not be cumbersome or unengaging. Our vision is to create a multidimensional, multimedia project that showcases the history and accomplishments of the Employment Litigation Section and its lawyers and cases. 

Multimedia projects have taken many forms, but our vision is to create a dynamic digital ecosystem that uses short documentary films as the primary storytelling methodology. In addition to the film content, viewers are encouraged to dive deeper into the legal, organization, and political history, by exploring relevant archival material in a corresponding digital archive.