Before the 15 judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel, Janai Nelson, brilliantly laid out the argument that Texas’ voter ID law intentionally discriminates against minority voters. In two minutes ...
Today’s acquittal of Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero on all four charges brought against him for his role in the death of Freddie Gray demonstrates the difficulties in holding officers accountable for in-custody deaths of ...
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a series of decisions highlighting the ongoing importance of civil rights to the Court’s docket this Term, as well as the country at large. The ...
The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office of the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that it has accepted North Charleston city officials’ invitation to conduct an assessment of the city’s policing practices. Specifically, ...
Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced that former United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. will join the organization’s National Board of Directors. Holder was the first African-American Attorney ...
Since its founding, LDF has utilized litigation, policy advocacy, public education, and community organizing strategies to stymie racial segregation and promote racial integration in housing. LDF has litigated fair housing cases in virtually every area ...
Since September 11, 2001, the unlawful profiling of airline passengers on the basis of race or religion has become disturbingly common. Within the past six months alone, eleven racial and religious profiling incidents have been ...
