Thursday, August 9, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), led by President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill, has consistently spoken out about the persistent problem of taxi drivers refusing service to New Yorkers based on their race. LDF has engaged in preliminary conversations with the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) about remedies, and has testified about the need to strengthen – not weaken […]
Friday, March 9, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on Passage of Florida Gun Law Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law Senate Bill 7026, a new set of gun regulations that are intended to help ensure the safety and wellbeing of all Floridians. The new law imposes a three-day waiting period for most purchases of […]
Friday, August 10, 2018 | news
Last August, white supremacist violence erupted at the “Unite the Right Rally” in Charlottesville, Virginia, taking the life of counter-protester Heather Heyer and leaving many others wounded. One year later, white supremacists are again gathering, this time in Washington, D.C., for a “White Civil Rights Rally.” Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense […]
Friday, August 10, 2018 | news
Last August, white supremacist violence erupted at the “Unite the Right Rally” in Charlottesville, Virginia, taking the life of counter-protester Heather Heyer and leaving many others wounded. One year later, white supremacists are again gathering, this time in Washington, D.C., for a “White Civil Rights Rally.” Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense […]
Thursday, November 18, 2021 | news
Today, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt granted clemency to Julius Jones, a Black man who was scheduled to be executed by the state this afternoon for a murder conviction that is riddled with doubt. While Gov. Stitt halted Mr. Jones’ execution, he did so by commuting Mr. Jones’s sentence to life without the possibility of parole. […]
Monday, January 15, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on NYPD’s Violent Response to Peaceful Immigration Protest Last Thursday, New York City police officers responded aggressively to an immigrant rights protest, violently arresting two council members and more than a dozen other demonstrators. Jin Hee Lee, Deputy Director of Litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Thursday, April 5, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign New York City police officers shot Saheed Vassell yesterday afternoon, firing 10 shots at the unarmed, bi-polar 34-year-old after officers claimed he had a gun. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, provided the following statement: “Almost two years after Mayor Bill […]
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | news
Katurah Topps, Policy Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement regarding New York City Police Department (NYPD) funding in the city’s budget for the next fiscal year: “Along with over 170 organizations and countless New Yorkers, we called on New York City officials to commit to true […]
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joins the North Carolina Forward Together/Moral Mondays movement in calling for the repeal of North Carolina House Bill 2. We are not this. House Bill 2 removes existing protections against discrimination for LGBTQ people, blocks localities from enacting antidiscrimination protections or minority set-asides, cuts off avenues […]
Monday, February 25, 2019 | news
Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will vote on the nomination of Mark A. Calabria to lead the Fair Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Todd A. Cox, Policy Director at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement: “We have serious concerns about Mark Calabria’s nomination as […]
