Friday, April 22, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and South Carolina civil rights leaders welcome the announcement by North Charleston’s Mayor and Chief of Police that they have invited the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office of the U.S. Department of Justice to assist with improving community-police relations. However, we remain steadfast in our belief […]
Sunday, March 6, 2022 | news
Leading civil rights organizations issued the following joint statement to reflect on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday and to urge Congress to remain focused on protecting the fundamental right to vote for the American people: “As thousands gather in Selma, Alabama for the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, we are reminded that our right to […]
Thursday, September 7, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Senate Democratic Leadership, Discuss Efforts to Combat Hate and Protect Civil Rights Today, civil rights leaders met with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other members of the Democratic caucus to discuss post-Charlottesville efforts to combat hate and protect civil rights. The groups […]
Thursday, July 8, 2021 | news
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Don Owens, Lawyers’ Committee, dowens@lawyerscommittee.org, 202.934.1880 Juan Martinez, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org, 212.956.2200 Stephen Peters, The Leadership Conference, peters@civilrights.org, 202.466.1887 Niambé Tomlinson, National Urban League, ntomlinson@nul.org, 585.576-4406 Angelo Greco, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Black Women’s Roundtable, angelo@trillmulticultural.com, 917.499.2688 Rachel Noerdlinger, National Action Network, rnoerdlinger@mercuryllc.com, 347.821.9678 Marc Banks, NAACP, dbanks@naacpnet.org, 404.849.3189 Tkeban Jahannes, NCNW, Inc., tjahannes@ncnw.org, 404.944.1615 WASHINGTON — The […]
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Attorney General Jeff Sessions NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Continues Charge to Protect Right to Vote and Support Policing Reform In a meeting today with United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the leaders of five other national civil rights organizations, NAACP Legal Defense and Education (LDF) Fund President […]
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Attorney General Jeff Sessions NAACP Legal Defense Fund Continues Charge to Protect Right to Vote and Support Policing Reform In a meeting today with United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the leaders of five other national civil rights organizations, NAACP Legal Defense […]
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 | news
Leading civil rights organizations issued the following joint statement in response to the double atrocity committed in the Senate tonight, both in blocking a vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act and in failing to change Senate rules to prevent such obstruction: “Members of the U.S. Senate tonight covered themselves in shame. […]
Thursday, September 24, 2020 | news
Today, as the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose at the nation’s highest court, leading national racial justice organizational leaders issued a joint statement on her legacy and the critical role of the Supreme Court in protecting civil rights. These leaders are: Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense […]
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 | news
Leading national racial justice organizational leaders issued a joint statement on armed white militia violence and police camaraderie with militia members following the arrest of a militia member in connection with the killing of two police accountability protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “Last night, two protesters who were advocating for accountability following the horrific police shooting […]
Thursday, October 28, 2021 | news
The leaders of the nation’s top historic civil rights organizations released the following joint readout on their meeting today with Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia: “Citing the deteriorating crisis of democracy that continues to overtake the country, national civil rights leaders urged Sen. Manchin to commit to the protection of voting rights using every […]
