Read a PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Murder Charges in Police Shooting of Jordan Edwards Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following ...
Donald Trump has only been in office for 100 days, but in that brief time his administration has shown an alarming hostility to civil rights and the rule of law. Trump and Attorney General Jeff ...
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the U.S. Justice Department’s Decision Not to Charge Baton Rouge Police Officers for Shooting Death of Alton Sterling Today, the Department of ...
Read a PDF of our statement here. HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITY CONDEMNS EPA FOR FAILING TO ENFORCE CIVIL RIGHTS After Neglecting Investigation for 14 Years, EPA Closes Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against an Alabama State Agency ...
Read the PDF version of our statement here. Today, former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager pled guilty to violating the civil rights of Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man, who Mr. Slager fatally shot during ...
In the late 1960s, the United States was enjoying a new birth of freedom. Earlier in the decade, with the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, the nation had at ...
Read the PDF of our statement here. Today the Supreme Court announced its decision in the case of Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami, ruling that Miami may sue major banks for racially ...
