Wednesday, June 10, 2020 | news
Today, several state and national civil rights groups sent a letter to Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) demanding changes to its discriminatory and exclusionary discipline policies before students return to school in the fall, citing concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic will worsen existing problems with the school district’s overly punitive responses to the behavior […]
Friday, November 9, 2018 | news
WASHINGTON – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement regarding the unresolved ballot crisis in Georgia: “This election presented Georgia voters with unnecessary and manufactured obstacles to the ballot, including voter purges, poll closures, […]
Monday, October 2, 2023 | news
Today, The Legal Defense Fund, the Southern Center for Human Rights (“SCHR”), and the Center for Constitutional Rights (“CCR”) sent a letter demanding that Atlanta Municipal and Law Department officials to cease and desist the publication of signed referendum petitions with unredacted names, signatures, and other personal information on the Atlanta City Council website. The […]
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 | news
BALTIMORE, MD – In an effort to put an end to tragic police shootings of residents with disabilities who are all too often Black Baltimoreans, especially after the shooting of Ricky Walker, Jr. by Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) officers, a coalition of civil rights groups are demanding immediate action from Baltimore City officials. The […]
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 | news
Issue Recommendations to Gov. Leaders on Improving Accountability Systems WASHINGTON – Today eleven civil rights groups including Advancement Project, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), National Opportunity to Learn (OTL) Campaign, National Urban League (NUL), National Association for the […]
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 | news
Civil and voting rights organizations scored two significant wins for Georgia voters when they secured preliminary injunctions that would ease burdensome birthdate requirement for casting absentee ballots and allow “line relief” for voters waiting in long lines to cast their ballots. But those wins have been appealed to the 11th Circuit and, with less than […]
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | news
Bank of America, Quicken Loans, Citi , Wells Fargo, National Association of Realtors call on HUD to hold off on issuing a final Disparate Impact Rule WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, leading civil rights groups commended mortgage lenders and industry leaders now advocating for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to refrain from issuing a final Disparate Impact rule. These civil rights organizations are also renewing their own push for the agency to pull its dangerous proposal […]
Friday, December 24, 2021 | news
Lawsuit: Gerrymandered State House Map Intentionally Discriminates Against Black Communities COLUMBIA, S.C. — Civil rights groups have filed a legal challenge over South Carolina’s new racially gerrymandered state House district map, charging it intentionally discriminates against Black communities in the state and denies Black voters equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect […]
Thursday, October 16, 2014 | news
DETROIT, MI — In a letter sent today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and the ACLU of Michigan calls on two United Nations Special Rapporteurs in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to refer the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) shut-off campaign to the United States and local […]
Thursday, January 13, 2022 | news
Leading civil rights organizations released the following joint statement urging senators to be on the right side of history and pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act: “History will judge senators for what they do to protect voting rights, not arcane rules. The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act will ensure that […]
