Tuesday, August 1, 2017 | news
Read the PDF verison of our statement Michigan Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Lawsuit ChallengingRacially Discriminatory Tax Foreclosures in Detroit Wayne County’s tax foreclosures disproportionately impact African-American homeowners DETROIT, Mich. – Detroit residents at risk of losing their homes due to tax foreclosure had their stories heard in the Court of Appeals today in a […]
Monday, November 27, 2023 | staff
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Michaele N. Turnage Young serves as Senior Counsel and Co-Manager of the Equal Protection Initiative at the Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), where she litigates education cases. Ms. Turnage Young serves as co-lead counsel in NAACP v. U.S. Department of Education, a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s attempts to prohibit and chill lawful efforts […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | staff
Michael Pernick is a Political Participation Counsel at the Legal Defense Fund (LDF). He uses advocacy, litigation, and public education strategies to advance racial justice in voting, with a particular focus on state voting rights acts. He has been instrumental in developing and advocating for state voting rights acts, including the John R. Lewis Voting […]
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | page
The Case that Transformed America Brown v. Board of Education Meet the Legal Team The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education was the product of the hard work and diligence of the nation’s best attorneys, including Robert Carter, Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, Spottswood Robinson, Oliver Hill, Louis Redding, Charles and […]
Monday, January 12, 2015 | news
The media respond to the preliminary settlement agreement reached to end the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) improper and unlawful enforcement of criminal trespass laws in public housing. This settlement will resolve Davis et al. v. City of New York et al., 10 Civ. 0699, a five-year-old federal class-action lawsuit brought by individual residents and guests […]
Friday, September 26, 2014 | news
New York Times: “Eric Holder Resigns, Setting Up Fight Over Successor” Sherrilyn A. Ifill, the president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., said of Mr. Holder, “In the field of civil rights, there are few who could even claim to rival this attorney general’s dedication, strategic focus and commitment.” New York Times: […]
Friday, September 26, 2014 | news
Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he will be stepping down from his position in which he served exceptionally. “When the history of his tenure is written, Eric Holder will ultimately be recognized as one of the finest Attorneys General this country has ever known. In the field of civil rights there are few […]
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 | news
See the following media accounts regarding the Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling on the Fair Housing Act in the case Texas v. Inclusive Communities Project. Appearances: Sherrilyn Ifill Lauds Supreme Court Decision in Disparate Impact Case, All In With Chris Hayes (Jun 25, 2015) Sherrilyn Ifill Hails Decision in Fair Housing Act Case, Andrea Mitchell Reports, (Jun […]
