Yesterday, body-worn camera footage was released depicting the fatal March 29 police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago. In response, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the ...
Today, LDF submitted testimony to the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee expressing opposition to H. 4150, and support of H. 3822. While H. 4150 would create early voting, it would allocate voting locations through an ...
Today, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to consider the nomination of Kristen Clarke for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and ...
This morning, hundreds of companies and business leaders signed onto a new statement opposing the spate of voter suppression bills in state legislatures around the country. Currently, over 360 restrictive bills have been introduced in ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc (LDF) sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing unequivocal support for the nomination of Kristen Clarke to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for ...
Today, Richard Rothstein, Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Senior Fellow, Emeritus, testified on behalf of himself and LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill before ...
In response to last night’s tragic killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement: “Last night, a police officer ...
