Baltimore Consent Decree Vital Step for Residents Who Have Waited Decades for Reform

Read the PDF of our statement here. Statement of NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill on Baltimore Consent Decree Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Baltimore City officials announced that ...

Five Leading Civil Rights Organizations Deeply Concerned About Nomination of Ben Carson to Lead Department of Housing and Urban Development

Read the PDF of our statement here. Leaders Submit Letter to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Washington, DC — Five leading civil rights groups submitted a letter to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban ...

LDF on Sessions Hearings: Day of Inspiring Testimony & Record of Hostility to Civil Rights

Read the PDF of our statement here. A Day of Inspiring Testimony, and a Record of Hostility to Civil Rights Statement of NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill on Jeff Sessions Hearings In ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Updates Report on Sessions Nomination with Documentary Materials

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund updated its report in opposition to the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General of the United States with documentary materials. LDF has engaged in an ...

NAACP LDF: Sessions Hostile to Principles of Equality, Justice and Civil Rights

Ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Senator Jeff Sessions’ nomination to be the U.S. Attorney General, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, issued the following statement: ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Report to Judiciary Committee in Opposition to Sessions Nomination to Attorney General of the United States

Read the PDF of our statement here. Unceasing Hostility to Civil Rights Demonstrates Sessions Unqualified to Serve As Attorney General Washington, DC — Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a 32-page ...

Civil Rights Leaders Decry Rushed Confirmation Hearing of Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions

Washington, DC — Today, civil rights leaders from The Leadership Conference, the National Action Network, the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., NCAPA, NCLR and MALDEF condemned the rushed hearing of Senator ...

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