The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) submitted a letter for the record in connection with the July 13, 2021 hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland ...
Today, community organizations, attorneys behind the class-action lawsuits that challenged the New York City Police Department (NYPD)’s stop-and-frisk and trespass-enforcement practices, and elected officials rallied at One Police Plaza to demand an end to the ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. mourns the loss and celebrates the life of Robert (“Bob”) Parris Moses, brilliant educator, strategist, activist, and architect of the Freedom Summer Project, who also helped ...
Today, a section of Decatur Street between Lewis and Stuyvesant Avenues in Brooklyn, New York, was co-named Jacqueline Berrien Way in honor of former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Associate Director-Counsel Jacqueline ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted comments in response to the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Request for Information regarding the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline. LDF urges OCR ...
Earlier this week, Tarrant, Alabama, city councilmember Tommy Bryant was caught on video shouting “Do we have a house n***er in here?” in the direction of fellow councilmember Veronica Freeman. This comes one month after ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. sent a letter to the Fédération Internationale de Natation (“FINA”), the sole and exclusive world governing body for water sports and the regulatory body recognized by the ...
