Monday, August 18, 2014 | news
(New York, NY)–In a joint statement issued today, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (“LDF”) joined with 12 other leading national civil and human rights organizations in calling for action and reforms in the wake of the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. “Nothing will be resolved until there is systemic change throughout […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Thursday, October 5, 2017 | ldf-perspectives
President Trump’s Nominee To Lead the Division Embodies the Extreme Anti-Civil Rights Agenda By Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Sixty years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1957 created the Civil Rights Division within the U.S. Department of Justice. Tasked with promoting fair and equal justice for all Americans, the Civil Rights Division became one […]
Sunday, May 17, 2020 | ldf-perspectives
The Girls who Shaped Brown v. Board of Education Their Untold Stories and the Sacrifices that Made Today’s Fight for Educational Equity Possible By Cara McClellan LDF Assistant Counsel Ethel Brown was born with a heart condition. But, because she was Black, she had no choice but to travel 20 miles each day to attend […]
Monday, August 8, 2016 | news
The Crusade of a Democratic Superlawyer with Multimillion-Dollar Backing Some who have worked on voting issues for years are wary of the optics. “I love Marc, but I want to be very clear about who we are and who he represents,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, [President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP LDF.] “I don’t want what […]
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 | page
The War on Truth The History They Don’t Want You to Know By Ishena Robinson Deputy Editorial Director This is the second installment of an LDF series examining the recent rise of anti-truth laws. Read the first installment here. Read the second installment here. The third installment examining why truthful, inclusive education benefits all students and […]
Thursday, December 16, 2021 | page
The War on Truth Anti-CRT Mania and Book Bans are the Latest Tactics to Halt Racial Justice By Ishena Robinson Deputy Editorial Director This is the first installment of an LDF series examining the recent rise of anti-truth laws. The second installment, which takes a broader historical view, can be read here. The third installment examining […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
On January 16, 2014, a bipartisan group of Members of Congress introduced the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (“VRAA”). Congressmen John Lewis (D-GA-5), James Sesenbrenner (R-WI-5), Steve Chabot (R-OH-1) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI-13), among others, introduced H.R. 3899 in the House. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and other Senators introduced a companion bill, S. 1945, in the […]
