Wednesday, July 29, 2020 | news
WASHINGTON – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund and more than 23 civil rights, employment, and privacy organizations today in introducing principles to guide the development, use, auditing, and oversight of hiring assessment technologies. The groups urge policymakers, vendors, and […]
Thursday, May 26, 2011 | news
A group of seven prominent national civil rights organizations that includes The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to support the retroactive application of a new set of sentencing guidelines that accompany the implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced […]
Monday, February 5, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Groups Call for Oversight Hearing on NYPD Gang Policing Practices Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety, as well as the Committee on Oversight […]
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | news
Seven leading civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the National Urban League, called on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today to dismantle core pieces of his education agenda, arguing that his emphases on expanding charter schools, closing low-performing schools, and using competitive rather than formula funding are detrimental to low-income and minority children. […]
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF), The American Civil Liberties Union, and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights called on Congress today to take action in response to the national crisis of fatal police shootings. The leading civil rights groups voice their concern in […]
Monday, October 27, 2014 | news
In a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, a host of national and local criminal justice, civil rights, human rights, individual liberty, faith-based, and immigrants’ rights organizations are urging the Department of Defense to impose a moratorium on the 1033 program as the Obama administration conducts an examination of federal programs and funding that […]
Friday, May 8, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined National Action Network, Conference of National Black Churches, and other civil rights groups and Black clergy members in calling on congressional leaders to ensure that state and local governments have the resources they need to support communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 | news
Today, 121 civil rights groups and allies, including NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the National Women’s Law Center condemn the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping issued by President Trump on September 22, 2020. The […]
Friday, October 5, 2012 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights about New York City’s specialized high schools’ admissions process. The complaint alleges that reliance on an unproven test as the sole determinant for admissions leads to disproportionately low numbers of African-American and Latino students at the schools and […]
Monday, October 1, 2012 | news
The U.S. Supreme Court term that begins Monday promises to be one of the most important for civil rights in decades, with the potential for blockbuster decisions on issues from race in classrooms and the voting booth to legal recognition for same-sex marriage. Read the full article on First Read.
