Monday, July 2, 2018 | scholarship-rec
Vivian Malone Jones became the first Black student to graduate from the formerly segregated University of Alabama on May 30, 1965. She was one of the first two Black students at the University in 1963. Despite being an exceptional high school student and member of the National Honor Society, Ms. Malone Jones was one of […]
Monday, January 13, 2020 | staff
Monday, January 13, 2020 | staff
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | news
Cenk talks to NAACP Legal Defense Fund senior Counsel Vincent Southerland and Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher about reactions to the George Zimmerman verdict and what happens next. “Clearly this case calls out and cries out for further investigation by the federal government to ensure that there are no civil rights violations,” Southerland says. Christopher, like Cenk […]
Friday, March 14, 2014 | news
Yesterday, on Warren Olney’s public radio program “To The Point”, Vincent Southerland talked about the devastating effects of mass incarceration on African-American communities, families, and lives. He highlighted recent efforts by President Obama and Attorney General Holder, as well as conservatives like Senator Rand Paul, to end our decades-long addiction to mass incarceration. But, as […]
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | news
On Wednesday, February 20, 2013, Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, and Ryan Haygood, Director of LDF’s Political Participation Group, hosted an engaging conversation with an invited group of friends and supporters to discuss Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, one of the most important voting rights cases of our generation. The Supreme Court will hear oral […]
Thursday, November 10, 2016 | news
In the wake of the results of the 2016 presidential election, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), recorded a powerful message. Read the excerpt and be sure to watch the full video below: “Mr. Trump will be the President. And with leadership comes responsibility. We will not […]
Thursday, September 10, 2020 | news
In December of 2019, LDF filed a lawsuit against the City of Cleveland for their unlawful water practices. Not only have Black residents been mysteriously charged for water that was not used, when payment cannot be made liens are placed on their homes, putting their residences and livelihoods at-risk. These are the stories of some […]
Friday, February 14, 2014 | case-update
Yesterday, the District Court issued an important ruling on what is hopefully the last disputed substantive issue in Lewis v. Chicago – LDF’s long-running challenge to employment discrimination in the Chicago’s Fire Department. Ten years ago, the District Court found that Chicago’s discriminatory administration of an entry-level firefighter exam in 1995 unfairly denied our plaintiff class of fully qualified African-American […]
