In a decision that could jeopardize the voting rights of millions, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that states may disenfranchise eligible voters solely for voting infrequently and failing to respond to a single mailing. The decision ...
By: Errol Louis Source: NY1 Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign LDF Senior Community Organizer Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele and Brooklyn Historical Society’s Julie Golia join Errol Louis to discuss the death of Arthur Miller Jr., who died ...
Related Case or Issue: Davis v. City of New York Civil Rights Organizations Demand Court Order Requiring NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Reforms Organizations that successfully challenged stop and frisk request reforms based on three years of community ...
Today the Senate confirmed Kenneth L. Marcus to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. In January the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter formally opposing ...
The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed core anti-discrimination principles in public accommodations laws in its ruling today in Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Relying on a 1968 case that the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) litigated, the ...
Related Case or Issue: New York City Specialized High School Complaint New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today plans to enact new measures to diversify the City’s most elite public high schools, ...
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today joined almost 50 Tulsa civil rights attorneys, religious leaders, members of law enforcement, elected officials and activists ...
