Thursday, February 14, 2019 | news
Despite widespread opposition from civil rights advocates, the Senate voted today to confirm William P. Barr as the next Attorney General of the United States. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), released the following statement: “In confirming William Barr to serve as Attorney General of the […]
Thursday, June 7, 2018 | news
Today the Senate confirmed Kenneth L. Marcus to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. In January the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter formally opposing the nomination of Mr. Marcus, noting that during his nomination hearings he expressed a lack of commitment to enforcing federal […]
Monday, October 26, 2020 | news
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court: “Today’s vote confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett for a lifetime appointment to the United States Supreme Court completes a process that […]
Thursday, August 9, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign Recently, an off-duty Cincinnati police officer, Kevin Brown, used a taser on an 11-year-old girl for allegedly shoplifting snacks. At the time, Brown was working as a security guard for the Spring Grove Village Kroger, and after the tasing the young girl was taken to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical […]
Friday, April 15, 2016 | news
Report Documents Extensive Racial Discrimination in Policing Practices in the City Wednesday’s release of a report by the Police Accountability Task Force entitled, “Recommendations for Reform: Restoring Trust Between the Chicago Police and the Communities they Serve,” details the extent of racially-biased policing of, and violence perpetrated against, communities of color by the Chicago […]
Thursday, June 18, 2015 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) vehemently condemns the actions of the gunman who killed nine people and injured three others at the Emanuel A.M.E Church in Charleston, South Carolina yesterday evening. Emanuel A.M.E., which was founded nearly two centuries ago in 1816, is one of the oldest and most prominent African-American […]
Thursday, November 17, 2016 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement regarding charges brought against the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last July: “We are gratified that charges including second degree manslaughter have been brought against Saint Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez for the shooting […]
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. Today, New York Police Department (NYPD) Sgt. Hugh Barry was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide for fatally shooting Deborah Danner, a 66-year-old woman who suffered from mental illness, in October 2016. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. […]
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 | news
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it would rescind the “ability to repay” requirement in its October 2017 Payday Lending Rule. The original rule required payday and auto title lenders to determine that borrowers were able to repay these risky high-interest loans before the lenders could issue them. This ability to repay […]
Thursday, May 22, 2025 | news
Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement in response to the deadly shooting late last night outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC. “We are devastated and outraged by last night’s horrific shooting of two Jewish people outside the Capital Jewish Museum. Our hearts go out to the […]
