Monday, December 14, 2015 | news
President Obama Signs Into Law a Rewrite of No Child Left Behind “The whole purpose behind the original bill was to ensure that there were consistent standards and federal oversight to make sure that states and localities were doing the right thing by poor children, by children who needed that assistance the most, and reducing […]
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 | news
Judicial Vacancies in Alabama Pile Up “Just because you have a number of vacancies at once doesn’t mean you automatically do a deal,” said Leslie Proll, [LDF Director of the Washington, D.C. Office]. “There is no question that President Obama should be nominating an African American to the 11th Circuit, yesterday.” Read the full article here.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | board-of-directors
Monday, May 16, 2011 | news
The Legislative Black Caucus and three civil rights organizations Friday called on the U.S. Justice Department to reject the House redistricting plan drawn at a recent special session of the Louisiana Legislature. Joining the caucus in signing a letter opposing the plan were the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Urban League […]
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 | news
BALTIMORE –The legal team representing concerned parents and students in Baltimore City has written to members of the Kirwan Commission urging them to directly and fully address racial and wealth inequities. The Maryland Constitution requires the Kirwan Commission to allocate adequate funding to the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS), and similarly situated jurisdictions. Yet, […]
Friday, October 8, 2021 | news
Today, plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), co-counsel Loevy & Loevy, and the Initiative for a Just Society reached a settlement – subject to the approval by the probate court – with the city of Little Rock, Arkansas for monetary and non-monetary relief. This lawsuit was filed in June 2019 on […]
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 | news
Last year, the police department stopped more than 59,000 people in public housing. Fewer than 9,000 of the stops resulted in arrests, according to a recent City Council briefing. Maybe Britt’s grandson was just unlucky, but he doesn’t see it that way. Neither do Britt and a handful of city politicians, including Council Member Rosie […]
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | page
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Monday, May 2, 2022 | news
Contacts Michelle Boykins, Advancing Justice – AAJC, 202-604-1760, Comrequests@advancingjustice-aajc.org Juan Martinez, Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org Lacy Crawford, Lawyers’ Committee, 202-558-7900, lcrawford@lawyerscommittee.org Andrea Dreier, North Carolina Justice Center, andrea@ncjustice.org Public and private universities have instituted race-conscious admissions policies to combat the race-based barriers that continue to pervade our society. Civil rights organizations the Legal Defense Fund […]
Monday, August 16, 2010 | case-update
(New York) – Today a federal court in Washington, DC, prevented Louisiana from continuing to utilize a discriminatory formula as part of the federally-funded “Road Home” Program, which was designed by the Louisiana Recovery Authority and approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) to aid homeowners in their efforts to rebuild […]
