Read the PDF of our statement here. Today, the White House issued an executive order directing U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to conduct a study on the federal government’s role in K-12 education and ...
NAACP Legal Defense Fund and a Coalition of Organizations Committed to Advancing Constitutional Policing Send Letter to OMB on the President’s Proposed Budget Read a PDF of our statement here.
Trial in Baton Rouge is the Culmination of a Nearly 30-Year Battle for Voting Rights for Black People At a time when voting rights are under attack across the country, lawyers from the NAACP Legal ...
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Responds to Decision in Key Alabama Desegregation Case Read a PDF of our statement here. Late yesterday, a federal judge ruled that the city of Gardendale, Alabama, sought to intentionally discriminate ...
Federal Judge Grants Class Certification in Case Challenging WMATA’s Use of Overly Broad and Punitive Criminal Background Screening Policy Former African American employees and job applicants who were terminated from, or denied positions with, the ...
Read the PDF version of our statement here. Civil Rights Groups File Brief with Florida Supreme Court in Support of State Attorney Ayala’s Opposition to Death Penalty Filing supports State Attorney Ayala’s prosecutorial independence and ...
Read the PDF version of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Florida State Legislature’s Resolution Exonerating the “Groveland Four” On Tuesday, April 18, the Florida State Legislature unanimously passed a resolution ...
