LDF Calls on Staten Island District Attorney to Immediately Seek Criminal Homicide Charges Against Officers Involved in Eric Garner’s Death

New York Medical Examiner Rules Garner’s Death was a Homicide Caused by an Illegal NYPD Chokehold (New York, NY) On Friday, the New York City Medical Examiner ruled that the death of Eric Garner — the ...

Detroit Must Restore All Water Shutoffs Indefinitely and Reform Financial Aid Policy for Neediest Residents

The City’s 15-Day Moratorium is Insufficient, Fails to Address Systemic Process Problems   (Detroit, MI)–The city of Detroit’s fifteen-day moratorium on water shut-offs, announced yesterday nearly four months after the shut-offs began, is welcomed but ...

LDF and ACLU of Michigan Ask for Immediate Moratorium on Detroit’s Water Shut-offs

Civil Rights Organizations Ask For Immediate Moratorium on Water Shut-offs Update 7/21/2014: Detroit has imposed a 15-day moratorium on water shut-offs — but it’s not enough. The financial aid program for Detroit’s neediest people must ...

LDF Highlighted in Fisher v. U Texas Media Coverage

Both Sides Find Reason for Optimism After Latest Ruling on Texas Affirmative Action, Diverse, Jul 17, 2014 Lower Court Upholds Affirmative Action at University of Texas at Austin, Ms. Magazine, Jul 16, 20214 Appeals Court ...

Ruling in Fisher v U. Texas College Diversity Case, Fifth Circuit Upholds Principles of Diversity in Higher Education

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Principles of Diversity in Higher Education, Affirms Lower Court Ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas on Remand  July 15, 2014 Tthe NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ...

In Upholding Lower Court Ruling, Fifth Circuit Affirms Principles of Diversity in Higher Education

Below is a statement from Sherrilyn A. Ifill, the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Fisher v. University of Texas on remand. The ...

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