LDF Statement on Department of Justice Announcement to Address Implicit Bias in Law Enforcement Training

Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will train all its law enforcement agents and prosecutors to recognize and address implicit or unconscious bias as they carry out their duties in communities throughout ...

Fisher II Media Roundup

  PBS NEWSHOUR: Mark Walsh, Impact of Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Could Reach K-12, Higher Ed (Jul. 15, 2016)  “This was obviously a big surprise,” said Christina Swarns, the [Director of Litigation] for the ...

LDF Statement on the Acquittal of Officer Caesar Goodson Regarding In-Custody Death of Freddie Gray

Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams acquitted Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson of all charges for his role in the in-custody death of Freddie Gray, stating that the prosecution offered theories that were not backed by ...

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Reaffirms the Importance of Diversity in College Admissions

Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense andEducational Fund, Inc. on the Court’s Decision in Fisher v. University of Texas  Today’s decision by the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University ...

LDF Pushes for Urgent Action in Protecting Minority Voters on Three-Year Anniversary of Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder

Democracy Diminished The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) observes the three-year anniversary of the Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder decision while preparing for the first presidential election in more than 50 years ...

LDF Remembers the Emanuel Nine One Year Later Amidst Orlando’s Tragic Aftermath

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) observes the one-year anniversary of the devastating massacre of nine African Americans at the Emanuel A.M.E Church in Charleston, South Carolina as a result of ...

LDF Remembers the Emanuel Nine One Year Later Amidst Orlando’s Tragic Aftermath

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) observes the one-year anniversary of the devastating massacre of nine African Americans at the Emanuel A.M.E Church in Charleston, South Carolina as a result of ...

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