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Civil Rights Attorney & Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill Named President and Director-Counsel of LDF
11/19/12Civil Rights Scholar, Litigator, Author, Philanthropist and Civic Leader to Return to America's Premier Legal Organization Fighting for Racial Justice
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Class-Based vs. Race-Based Admissions
11/18/12Source:The New York TimesAdmissions policies that take class into account, rather than race, are getting a renewed push as a win-win solution.
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Civil Rights Groups File Complaint Over New York's High Stakes Tests
11/15/12Source:The Huffington PostEvery year, New York City middle-schoolers subject themselves to a grueling academic ritual that could make or break their educational futures, or so they're told. The 2.5-hour multiple-choice Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) serves as the sole gateway to a suite of elite public schools -- particularly Bronx Science, Stuyvesant and Brooklyn Technical. The kids who make the cut tend to be disproportionately Asian and white; Latino and black students are vastly underrepresented.
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Debo Discusses VRA with Rachel Maddow
11/13/12Source:The Rachel Maddow ShowDebo Adegbile, LDF's Acting President and Director-Counsel, discusses with Rachel Maddow the Supreme Court taking on whether to strike down the heart of the Voting Rights Act in the Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder case.
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The Elite Eight, on the Federal Radar
11/11/12Source:The New York TimesThe civil rights office of the federal Department of Education has rightly decided to investigate a complaint filed in September by civil rights groups over the admissions policies of eight highly competitive “specialized” high schools in New York City, among which are Stuyvesant, the Bronx High School of Science and Brooklyn Technical High School.