Monday, January 8, 2024 | case-issue
New Jersey Needs its Own Voting Rights Act The New Jersey Voting Rights Act (NJVRA) While New Jersey has taken recent steps to strengthen its democracy, barriers to voting still remain and are borne disproportionately by Black voters and other voters of color. The New Jersey Voting Rights Act would enact crucial protections to ensure […]
Friday, April 9, 2021 | ldf-perspectives
The Need to Prioritize Equity: Race and Vaccinations in Arkansas April 9, 2020 As of April 8, 2021, the State of Arkansas has only administered 67% of its received vaccines. This vaccine administration rate is 13 percentage points below the nation’s average rate (80%). In addition to Arkansas’s poor performance in vaccine administration, it has […]
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 | news
Emotions Stir as National Bar Association Facilitates Ferguson Discussion “Janel George, [Senior Education Policy Counsel] for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., spoke about how school discipline practices for African–American children mirror the disparity in punishment that the black community receives from the police and courts.” “Black children without disabilities are suspended at […]
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund Responds to Arkansas’s Extreme Execution Schedule Recently Announced Plan Includes Cases Ripe for Clemency The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) forcefully condemns the State of Arkansas’s plan to execute eight death-sentenced prisoners – half of whom are Black – over […]
Friday, August 5, 2016 | news
This weekend marks the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the signature achievements of American democracy. This landmark piece of legislation is one of the most important and effective civil rights laws ever passed. But this anniversary is not merely a time to celebrate the VRA, it is a clarion […]
Monday, April 20, 2015 | news
Once again, a family and community are left to mourn the loss of a young Black male who died as a result of injuries sustained while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department. Freddie Gray is the most recent victim in a disturbing string of in-custody injuries, deaths and incidents of police violence. We […]
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 | news
The NAACP filed suit against Fayette County today, alleging that the county’s method of electing members to the County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education violates the federal Voting Rights Act. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and attorney Wayne Kendall filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of the Georgia State Conference NAACP, […]
Friday, November 3, 2017 | news
The Moment is Now The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) held its 31st Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner, The Moment is Now, on Thursday, November 2nd at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. In addition to paying tribute to the tremendous work LDF has done in the past year to […]
Thursday, April 5, 2018 | nejad
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) held its 31st Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner, The Moment is Now, on Thursday, November 2nd at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. In addition to paying tribute to the tremendous work LDF has done in the past year to defend civil rights, we […]
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | case-issue
Minnesota Voting Rights Act (MNVRA) Enacted May 2024 The Minnesota Voting Rights Act, Explained As Black voters face the greatest assault on voting rights since Jim Crow, Minnesota has continued is progress in advancing the freedom to vote and joined the growing list of states protecting voters against unequal access to the ballot by enacting the Minnesota […]
