This weekend marks the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the signature achievements of American democracy. This landmark piece of legislation is one of the most important and effective civil ...
On Thursday, attorneys for Duane Buck filed his Brief for Petitioner with the U.S. Supreme Court in Buck v. Davis, an extraordinary Texas death penalty case about racial bias and ineffective assistance of counsel. Mr. ...
Today, Baltimore prosecutors dropped all charges filed against the remaining three Baltimore police officers pending trial for their involvement in the police in-custody death of Freddie Gray, an unarmed Black man. “We are deeply disappointed ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) was thrilled to learn that NBA owner, Hall of Famer and international basketball star, Michael Jordan will be making a $1 million grant to LDF ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) was thrilled to learn that NBA owner, Hall of Famer and international basketball star, Michael Jordan will be making a $1 million grant to LDF ...
In a letter to Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, a citywide coalition of advocates urge city leaders to ensure that progress towards police accountability adopted during the 2016 Maryland General ...
Today, the harshest, most restrictive photo ID law in the country met its match when the full United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court determination that Senate Bill 14 ...
