Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
While equal employment opportunity is critical for achieving economic justice, the ability to travel to and from work is just as crucial. Inadequate transportation access is a major roadblock to job access for Black Americans and one that is often caused by discriminatory government action. This is the case in the cancellation of Baltimore’s Red […]
Friday, August 24, 2012 | case-update
BALTIMORE – Today, African-American families, including current and former residents of Baltimore public housing, filed a proposed settlement in the U.S. District Court of Maryland to resolve a long-running fair housing class action. Known as Thompson v. HUD, this case seeks to eradicate the legacy of nearly a century of government-sponsored racial segregation in the Baltimore […]
Friday, August 24, 2012 | news
Agreement Will Continue Successful Baltimore Housing Mobility Program BALTIMORE – Today, African-American families, including current and former residents of Baltimore public housing, filed a proposed settlement in the U.S. District Court of Maryland to resolve a long-running fair housing class action. Known as Thompson v. HUD, this case seeks to eradicate the legacy of nearly […]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 | case-update
Agreement Continues Successful Baltimore Housing Mobility Program BALTIMORE – Today, the Court approved a historic settlement to resolve a long-running class action lawsuit at a hearing in the U.S. District Court of Maryland. Known as Thompson v. HUD, this case sought to eradicate the legacy of nearly a century of government-sponsored racial segregation in the Baltimore […]
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 | news
Agreement Continues Successful Baltimore Housing Mobility Program BALTIMORE – Today, the Court approved a historic settlement to resolve a long-running class action lawsuit at a hearing in the U.S. District Court of Maryland. Known as Thompson v. HUD, this case sought to eradicate the legacy of nearly a century of government-sponsored racial segregation in the […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
In 2011, LDF began representing a group of nine African-American longshoremen, members of International Longshoremen’s Union, Local 333 who work on the Port of Baltimore, one of the busiest and fastest growing ports in the country. The longshoremen filed charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that Port management discriminates in its selection […]
Thursday, April 20, 2017 | news
On April 19, 2015, Freddie Gray, a young African-American man, succumbed to spinal cord injuries he suffered while in the custody of Baltimore City police officers. His was the fifth in-custody death in Baltimore in three years, laying bare the longstanding problem of police violence against people of color in Baltimore and across the nation. […]
Thursday, January 12, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. Statement of NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill on Baltimore Consent Decree Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Baltimore City officials announced that they have entered into a court-enforceable agreement, a consent decree, to address alleged unlawful policing practices of the Baltimore Police […]
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 | ldf-perspectives
We need your stories. On March 7, 2019, a group of concerned parents joined by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and ACLU of Maryland returned to court in the historic Bradford vs. Maryland State Board of Education case to ensure that another generation of Black and Brown students in Baltimore are not held […]
Monday, April 29, 2019 | news
The Baltimore City Council voted today to pass a resolution supporting a lawsuit brought by city schoolchildren and their families challenging inadequate state funding for Baltimore City schools. Represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, the lawsuit seeks to hold Maryland accountable for […]
