Thursday, May 5, 2022 | page
Reproductive Justice and Racial Justice Frequently Asked Questions On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion in its ruling in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization dismantles the constitutional right to […]
Friday, August 2, 2019 | news
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has been adding photos of kids as young as 11, to its facial recognition database according to recent reports by the New York Times. Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement: “NYPD’s expanding use of facial recognition technology […]
Sunday, October 27, 2013 | case-update
One week before New York City will elect its next mayor, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Community Service Society of New York (CSS) have released a report that provides a series of recommendations for how the next mayor and city leaders can create a fair admissions process into the […]
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | case-update
In his petition, Mr. Buck cites a new study that reveals that between 1992 to 1999 (a time period which includes Mr. Buck’s case), the Harris County D.A.’s Office was over three times more likely to seek the death penalty against African American defendants like Mr. Buck than against white defendants, and Harris County juries were […]
Monday, September 9, 2013 | news
Amid a heated debate over reducing California’s prison population, LDF and Stanford Law School’s Three Strikes Project have released a report that analyzes the impact of the historic Three Strikes Reform Act passed by California voters last November. Proposition 36 was the nation’s first ballot measure that reduced sentences of prisoners currently behind bars. It passed […]
Friday, August 13, 2010 | news
For well over a century, children born on American soil have been American citizens. Changing that guarantee is not a new idea, but Arizona Senator Jon Kyl’s proposed hearings on the subject have given it new life. A close look at the history and purpose of the citizenship provision makes clear why changing it would […]
Monday, June 22, 2020 | news
CONTACT: Rafael Medina, The Leadership Conference, medina@civilrights.org, 202.869.0390 Ty James, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Tyron.James@mail.house.gov, 202.225.5876 Marc Banks, NAACP, 443.608.4073, dbanks@naacpnet.org Teresa Candori, National Urban League, 212.558.5362, tcandori@nul.org Phoebe Plagens, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 212.965.2235, pplagens@naacpldf.org WASHINGTON – On a press call today, civil rights advocates urged the Senate to reject Cory Wilson’s nomination to the U.S. […]
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 | news
Media Contact: LDF Media Office: media@naacpldf.org, 212-965-2200 ACLU National: media@aclu.org WilmerHale LLP: Frank E. James, frank.james@wilmerhale.com. 202-247-3560 (California) – Today, a consortium of nationally renowned civil rights organizations, legal organizations, and a law firm filed an extraordinary writ petition in the Supreme Court of California challenging the state’s death penalty statute as racially discriminatory and […]
Sunday, April 3, 2016 | news
On April 4, 1968, an assassin’s bullet killed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — at the time, perhaps the country’s most passionate advocate of nonviolent protest in support of civil rights. When Dr. King was struck, he had been standing on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, now part of the National Civil Rights […]
Monday, March 18, 2013 | news
One year ago this Friday the LDF family lost our esteemed President and Director-Counsel John Payton. John’s early death was not only a loss for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, it was a loss for all who seek justice, are committed to the cause of civil and human rights, and struggle to make […]
