Saturday, October 20, 2018 | issue-report
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 | news
Groups not typically associated with the debate over gun rights have taken a strong interest in the proposals that the White House put forward. Civil rights activists, mayors, psychiatrists, scientists and teachers are among those who plan to dispatch lobbyists to try and shape the debate. … The NAACP Legal and Educational Fund is similarly critical […]
Thursday, January 24, 2013 | news
President Obama’s gun-control recommendations have created a lobbying free-for-all on Capitol Hill. Groups not typically associated with the debate over gun rights have taken a strong interest in the proposals that the White House put forward. Civil rights activists, mayors, psychiatrists, scientists and teachers are among those who plan to dispatch lobbyists to try and […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
In July 2014, LDF’s Economic Justice Program, together with the Washington Lawyers’ Committee and the law firm Arnold and Porter LLP, filed a class action lawsuit against the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority and three of its contractors, challenging their use of an overly broad and unnecessarily punitive criminal background screening policy. According to the […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
Last year, New York enacted legislation (known as “Part XX”) ending the practice known as “prison-based gerrymandering,” and realigning the state’s redistricting practices with basic principles of equality. “Prison-based gerrymandering” is a practice whereby many states and local governments count incarcerated persons as residents of the areas where they are housed when election district lines […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
This long-standing school desegregation case addresses key educational equity issues, including racial disparities in school discipline, student achievement, access to advanced placement and honors curriculum and inequities school facilities in three Arkansas school districts: the Little Rock School District, the North Little Rock School District and the Pulaski County School District. Each of these districts […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Friday, October 11, 2013 | news
On Wednesday, LDF’s Criminal Justice team traveled to Cincinnati to hear Vincent Southerland argue for prisoners serving unfair sentences under the racially biased and discredited 100:1 crack/powder sentencing disparity. Listen to Vincent’s argument here. Read LDF’s amicus brief here.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | page
Jack Greenberg, LDF’s second Director-Counsel and a member of the Brown legal team, discusses LDF’s strategy in Brown, the experience of arguing before the Court, the long road to desegregation, and his friendship with Thurgood Marshall Listen here. 0:33–The NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s strategy to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson 3:05–The beginnings of the five Brown cases: equal facilities, not […]
Thursday, June 2, 2022 | staff
Lisa North joined NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in 2022 as Chief Operating Officer. She is responsible for managing a smooth-running, highly effective, and inclusive organization capable of delivering on its strategy, in a context of achieving larger impact and scale. Lisa brings thirty-five years of experience in social justice and human rights […]