Today, President Barack Obama nominated Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. If confirmed, Judge ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is profoundly disappointed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision not to convene a grand jury to consider the police shooting death of Ramarley Graham, an 18-year-old unarmed African ...
Yesterday, Hon. Mark L. Earley, Hon. Timothy K. Lewis, Hon. Gregory B. Craig, and Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee filed a “friend of the court” brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the appeal of ...
The North Charleston Branch of the NAACP, the ACLU of South Carolina, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and other community organizations will host “Policing in North Charleston, SC: The Community’s Town ...
Last weekend marked the 51st Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” — the attempted Selma to Montgomery, Alabama march that began on the Edmund Pettus bridge, was thwarted by brutal state violence, and was later resumed, leading to the ...
In recognition of the 51st anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will participate in a series of events during the Selma ...
The release of a shocking video showing a Baltimore school police officer slapping and kicking a young man at a city school is a distressing reminder of persistent police violence against unarmed Black youth. The NAACP ...
