Thursday, August 14, 2014 | news
Last night on MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, Sherrilyn Ifill lambasted Missouri officials for their silence, absence, and lack of political leadership in Ferguson. Forty minutes later, Gov. Jay Nixon announced he would not go to the state fair and instead travel to Ferguson today.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 | news
After last night’s Ferguson City Council hearing, during which Ferguson’s mayor and city council members made all-too-familiar and unverified claims that implementation of its proposed police and court reform consent decree would be too costly, the city voted to reject the consent decree and attach new, unilateral conditions to an agreement it had already spent […]
Monday, March 12, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. African-American Civil Rights Leaders Strongly Urge Attorney General Sessions to Include Civil Rights in DOJ’s Priorities African-American civil rights leaders sent a joint letter strongly urging U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to alter the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) historic commitment to the civil rights laws that Congress tasked it […]
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 | news
Nearly 30,000 New York City middle school students will have the opportunity to see the Golden Globe-nominated film SELMA free of charge, starting this Thursday January 8th thru Monday, January 19th –Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This free admission program was the brainchild of 27 African-American business leaders who were inspired by the film’s message […]
Thursday, July 16, 2015 | news
Nearly two dozen prominent African-American business leaders announced the donation of $1,000,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) to launch a campaign for policing reform. The business group, which designated several spokespersons but whose members choose to remain anonymous, expressed their growing and urgent concern over the rash of police-involved killings […]
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 | news
With episodes of police violence against unarmed African-American citizens occurring at a frequency that has raised the national consciousness to an unprecedented level, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) have jointly called for immediate reforms to end police misconduct. This collaboration between The ELC and LDF […]
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | case-issue
SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina FAQ The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision, Explained On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina (UNC) and ruled in that the race-conscious admissions policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina […]
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | news
Yesterday, elected officials in Georgia passed sweeping legislation to address water affordability issues and implement stronger protections against shutoffs in DeKalb County. These efforts are the result of years of advocacy by the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and local organizations, including DeKalb Water Watch, the South River Watershed Alliance, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and […]
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | news
A bill that would have forced the state to count prisoners in the cities or towns they lived in before they were incarcerated was not called for a vote by the Judiciary Committee, but some lawmakers, like Sen. Eric Coleman, believe there’s a chance it could be resurrected. Coleman, co-chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said […]
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | news
The U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia is the second most important court in the country. It has special jurisdiction for reviewing the actions of federal agencies. Additionally, under the Voting Rights Act, one of its members is required to sit on three-judge panels that decide whether to preclear voting changes by jurisdictions […]
