In 2016, the Obama Administration finalized regulations that would help protect students—particularly students of color—from widespread and well-documented racial disparities in the identification, placement, and discipline of students with disabilities. The regulations are designed to ...
Black girls in the Baltimore City Public School System(BCPSS) are nearly five times less likely to have access to “gifted and talented” classes, but four times more likely to get suspended than their white peers—according ...
By: Chris Hayes Source: All In with Chris Hayes Watch LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill, alongside Ronald Klain and Faiz Shakir, join MSNBC’s Chris Hayes to discuss Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, and what this ...
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement on Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement: “This is a monumental moment for our country. The very integrity of our ...
By: Jami Floyd Source: WNYC Listen as LDF Associate Director Counsel Janai Nelson joins Jami Floyd on WNYC to discuss Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, and how his replacement on the Supreme Court can shape the integrity of ...
Civil Rights Groups Demand Supreme Court Vote Delay NAACP Legal Defense Fund, National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP & National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Urge Citizens to Contact Senators A coalition of civil ...
Today, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 opinion in Trump v. Hawaii that Hawaii was not entitled to stop President Trump’s order banning most of the 180 million nationals from a number of predominately Muslim countries ...
