The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund commends the efforts undertaken by the Department of Justice to update its 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. The new guidance, which ...
Washington, D.C. — In the lead up to the 2014 midterm elections, the United States witnessed one of the greatest assaults on the right to vote in many generations. Many states implemented voting restrictions that ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund roundly condemns the non-indictment of Staten Island police officer Daniel Pantaleo. In a horrifying display of police brutality, captured on video, Officer Pantaleo choked Eric Garner to death ...
On Tuesday November 25, 2014, LDF attorney Leticia Smith-Evans delivered the keynote address at the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) 24th Annual Fall Appreciation Luncheon on Tuesday. Her address on the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education ...
Yesterday, NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill participated in a White House meeting with President Barack Obama Vice President Joe Biden, representatives from law enforcement organizations, youth leaders, local elected officials ...
Today, LDF sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, urging swift confirmation of Charlotte Burrows, nominee for Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and David Lopez, ...
