Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | staff
Lindsey is a writer with a background in journalism, communications, and cultural studies. She completed her undergraduate degree in Black Studies and English Literature and has a dual master’s degrees from New York University in Global Journalism and Social & Cultural Analysis. Lindsey is from Philadelphia and previously served as Project and Communications Manager for […]
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 | news
How plaintiffs attorneys believe recent voter ID court decisions affect case in Alabama “We actually expect this case to be, unfortunately, resolved later than this election,” says [Lilly Zaragoza, LDF John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow.] However, she adds, “There have been a lot of changes and a lot of victories last week. […]
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 | news
Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado and the Persistence of Racial Bias in the Criminal Justice System Last week the Court heard argument in Buck v. Davis, a case in which Duane Buck was sentenced to death because his own counsel relied on an expert witness who testified that because Mr. Buck was African-American, he was more likely […]
Monday, January 14, 2019 | staff
Liliana Zaragoza (she/her/hers) serves as Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). She was previously the inaugural John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow from 2015 through 2016, and she returned to LDF in 2018. Liliana maintains a diverse docket including voting rights, school desegregation cases, and civil criminal […]
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 | news
(New York, NY) — Today, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office announced that it will not seek another death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Pennsylvania law now requires Mr. Abu-Jamal to be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for his controversial 1982 murder conviction in the shooting death of a police officer in Philadelphia, […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
In 1995, Chicago administered an entry-level firefighter exam to more than 26,000 applicants. The passing score was 65 out of 100, but against the advice of its own expert the City arbitrarily divided those who passed into two groups: applicants who scored between 65 and 88, and applicants who scored 89 and above. 36% of […]
Thursday, April 16, 2020 | news
Fighting for Moratoriums on Shut-Offs & Evictions during the COVID-19 Pandemic For decades, LDF has been committed to ensuring all communities have access to safe and affordable water. The COVID-19 outbreak is an unprecedented public health crisis, and water—while always crucial for Black communities—is especially necessary to prevent the virus from spreading further. Today, LDF sent […]
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 | news
On Tuesday November 25, 2014, LDF attorney Leticia Smith-Evans delivered the keynote address at the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) 24th Annual Fall Appreciation Luncheon on Tuesday. Her address on the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education was heard by an audience of over 500 including federal and state judges, members of the bar, advocates, corporate and […]
Friday, June 20, 2014 | news
Freedom Summer had just begun, and hundreds of white, Northern college students had volunteered to do civil rights work in Mississippi as news broke that three men—Michael “Mickey” Schwerner, a 24-year-old full-time activist for the Congress of Racial Equality; James Chaney, a local, 21-year-old CORE activist; and Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old Freedom Summer volunteer—had disappeared in […]
Friday, July 17, 2015 | news
Senate passes No Child Left Behind rewrite, would shrink federal role Leslie Proll, director of the Washington, D.C., office of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the bill undermines the intent of the original federal education law from 1965. “It’s simply unfathomable that 50 years after its passage, Congress would consider gutting its […]
