Wednesday, November 3, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 230 national organizations, and the 122 undersigned organizations in sending a letter to urge senators to support the cloture vote and open debate on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, […]
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 | news
A coalition of civil rights organizations sent a letter calling for state and federal government agencies to end the use of ID.me and other facial verification tools. Facial recognition technology has been found to have racial bias and disproportionately impact people of color and other marginalized communities. The use of facial recognition technology also has […]
Thursday, May 13, 2021 | news
Washington, DC — Today, civil rights groups Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice-AAJC), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, together with law firm Arnold & Porter, filed a motion to submit an amicus brief in support of equitable access to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology […]
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined a coalition of civil rights organizations to send a letter urging President Biden to immediately reinstate the federal moratorium on the use of the death penalty, and commute the sentences of all individuals on federal death row. The letter comes after the Trump administration’s reckless […]
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | news
Dear Member of Congress: The death of Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights giant, has had a profound impact on people around the world. Public officials both national and international have offered moving words of praise and admiration in honor of the remarkable life and legacy of Mr. Lewis. There is no greater way to […]
Sunday, November 1, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Common Cause Florida, and 12 other partner organizations sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee urging her to “immediately restore the voter information lookup tool on your website so that voters can use your website to find their polling place location and […]
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | news
Philadelphia (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal to get a new sentencing hearing for the killing of a Philadelphia police officer 30 years ago. The high court rejected a request from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office to overturn the federal appeals court decision declaring the death […]
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 | news
Decision anxiously awaited in Supreme Court housing case “There is a huge divide that exists between us,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, the [President and Director-Counsel] of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund who was at the Supreme Court on Monday waiting for a possible decision. “Our country remains deeply segregated and we need not only […]
Thursday, April 23, 2015 | news
LDF Senior Policy Counsel for Criminal Justice and State Education Initiative Monique Dixon states: “…our call for police body worn cameras is a national call.” “…it’s clear from the lack of information that we have about Freddie Gray’s case that there is a need for body worn cameras to document interactions between police and civilians.”
Thursday, March 17, 2016 | news
Merrick Garland, Obama’s High Court Pick, Gives GOP a Headache Sherrilyn Ifill: GOP’s New Move to Delegitimize Obama As Ifill observes in the CNN article: Indeed, a majority of Americans want the Senate to give the President’s nominee a hearing, and despite their bluster, Republicans may find themselves out-maneuvered by President Obama’s exceedingly moderate choice. […]
