CONTACT: Rafael Medina, The Leadership Conference, medina@civilrights.org, 202.869.0390 Ty James, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), Tyron.James@mail.house.gov, 202.225.5876 Marc Banks, NAACP, 443.608.4073, dbanks@naacpnet.org Teresa Candori, National Urban League, 212.558.5362, tcandori@nul.org Phoebe Plagens, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 212.965.2235, pplagens@naacpldf.org WASHINGTON ...
Today, the United States Supreme Court found that the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was “arbitrary and capricious” and in violation of federal law. The ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) reached a settlement agreement in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request lawsuit filed against the United States Department of Education (ED) in May 2018. ...
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Policing Reform. “This Executive Order is an ...
Litigation brought by LDF, SPLC, and ADAP successfully challenged barriers to voting absentee and in person in upcoming July 14 election in Alabama BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Today, in a decision that will protect the health ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The decision, in favor of plaintiffs in ...
Today, Janai Nelson, the Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the killing of Rayshard Brooks by Atlanta Police: “Mr. Brooks’ killing by Atlanta police represents yet another ...
