Public Citizen, NAACP, and NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urge the Postal Service Not to Prolong Mail Delivery Times

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Public Citizen, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today submitted a joint comment on the U.S. Postal Service’s proposal to lengthen ...

Coalition of National Civil Rights & Advocacy Organizations Issue Joint Statement on Senator Manchin’s Compromise Memo 

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On June 16, 2021, Senator Manchin released a compromise memo to H.R. 1, For The People Act. The following is a response to this memo signed by a coalition of national civil rights and advocacy ...

LDF Mourns the Loss of Jetta Jones, Attorney and Longtime Board Member

LDF Mourns the Loss of Jetta Jones, Attorney and Longtime Board Member The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the passing of Ms. Jetta Jones, beloved mother and grandmother, and longtime LDF ...

LDF Mourns the Loss of George Wallerstein, Longtime Board Member, Award-Winning Astronomer, and Esteemed Professor

LDF Mourns the Loss of George Wallerstein, Longtime Board Member, Award-Winning Astronomer, and Esteemed Professor The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of George Wallerstein, Board member, celebrated astronomer, Professor ...

Barriers to Police Accountability Have Not Been Addressed at the Federal Level, Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Act

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Prominent civil rights group leaders and the family of George Floyd demand that Congress address police accountability and police violence in the wake of the continued brutalization and killing of Black people. The following is ...

LDF Issues Statement on President Biden’s Judicial Nominees Announcement

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Today, the Biden administration announced nominees for several seats on federal courts throughout the country. These nominees include Jia Cobb for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and Myrna Perez for the ...

LDF Issues Statement on Supreme Court Holding That Lowest-Level Offenders Are Ineligible for Reduced Resentencing Under First Step Act

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On Monday, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in Terry v. United States holding that the First Step Act does not permit people convicted and sentenced for offenses involving small amounts of crack-cocaine ...

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