Friday, March 7, 2025 | news
On Monday, March 3, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama approved and entered a historic Consent Decree in Stout v. Jefferson County Board of Education, a sixty-year-old school desegregation case aimed at ensuring that every student has access to high-quality, inclusive education. The agreement will bring critical reforms to […]
Monday, October 2, 2017 | news
Issues surrounding mandatory individual arbitration may not capture the nation’s attention like healthcare or the NFL, but they are at the center of debate in all three branches of government. Our commitment to equal justice is being tested, and the rights of consumers and employees hang in the balance. Supreme Court decisions dating back to […]
Monday, October 26, 2020 | news
On Friday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Patton, urging him to join the many attorneys general who have made public statements reminding residents in their states that voter intimidation is a crime. The letter asks […]
Monday, September 21, 2020 | news
Dear Mr. Carey and Mr. Volek: On behalf of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and the Ferguson Collaborative (“FC”), we appreciate the opportunity to review and comment on the Ferguson Police Department’s (“FPD”) draft General Orders: Response to First Amendment Protected Activity—Right to Observe, Photograph and Audio or Video Record Police […]
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | case-update
(November 12, 2008) Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as part of a coalition of Civil Rights and Fair Housing groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and the Louisiana Recovery Authority. The suit alleges that the Road Home, Louisiana’s Hurricane Katrina recovery program, discriminates against African-American homeowners […]
Monday, November 28, 2016 | news
Over the nearly 15 years since the Stone’s Throw Landfill opened in Tallassee (in Tallapoosa County), Alabama, Ashurst Bar/Smith residents—many of whom can trace their family land ownership back to the early 1800s—have complained that their lives have been ravaged by the Landfill’s multiple and cumulative impacts. These impacts include Black land loss, health issues, […]
Friday, November 18, 2016 | news
LDF, alongside Earthjustice represents the Ashurst Bar/Smith Community Organization (ABSCO) in its Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 administrative complaint against the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). The Title VI complaint was filed in 2003 with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Civil Rights (OCR). [view:media_galleries=page_34] ABSCO’s Title VI complaint […]
Thursday, August 27, 2015 | news
Closing the Pipeline A coalition of local and national organizations is calling for Virginia to place a moratorium on out-of-school suspensions, which disproportionately affect African-American students. The Dignity in Schools Campaign launched its “Solutions not Suspensions” initiative at a Thursday afternoon press conference held at the state NAACP headquarters in Richmond. The national campaign, started […]
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 | news
The North Charleston Branch of the NAACP, the ACLU of South Carolina, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and other community organizations will host “Policing in North Charleston, SC: The Community’s Town Hall Meeting” on March 10, 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m., at the Alfred Williams Community Life Center, located in North Charleston, […]
Thursday, February 3, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., the South Carolina NAACP, and the ACLU of South Carolina sent a letter to the Georgetown County Council regarding its redistricting plans. The letter addresses several concerns raised by the coalition’s preliminary analysis of the County’s plans and maps. Additionally, the letter details the Council’s obligations […]
