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Sherrilyn Ifill and Julian Bond Discuss Social Activism Past and Future
12/24/14Source:The Reid ReportLDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and Civil Rights leader Julian Bond discuss social activism and the Civil Rights movement across the decades on The Reid Report: Generation to Generation.
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LDF Files Amicus Brief to Uphold Disparate Impact Standard in Texas Fair Housing Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
12/24/14Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief arguing that the Supreme Court of the United States should uphold a vital component of our nation’s civil rights laws known as the “disparate impact” standard. The brief, filed in the case of Texas v.
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Ifill Joins Diane Rehm, Panel to Discuss Tragic Killing of Two NYC Police Officers
12/23/14Source:The Diane Rehm ShowSherrilyn Ifill joins a panel on the Diane Rehm Show to discuss the tragic slaying of NYC Police Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu and the current debate over policing, the criminal justice system and racial fairness:
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Smith-Evans, in Joint Op-ed Piece in USA Today, Confronts Racial Bias in School Discipline
12/22/14Source:USA TodayIn a USA Today column, LDF Interim Director of the Education Practice Leticia Smith-Evans and Russell Skiba argue school disicpline should be included in the topical discussion of racial bias and stereotypes in schools:
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund & Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemn Killing of NYPD Officers and Shooting of Baltimore Civilian
12/20/14