Read the PDF version of our statement here. Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a stinging report describing a pattern and practice of unconstitutional policing in the Chicago Police Department (CPD). The ...
Read the PDF of our statement here. Statement of NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill on Baltimore Consent Decree Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and Baltimore City officials announced that ...
Read the PDF of our statement here. Leaders Submit Letter to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Washington, DC — Five leading civil rights groups submitted a letter to the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban ...
Read the PDF of our statement here. A Day of Inspiring Testimony, and a Record of Hostility to Civil Rights Statement of NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill on Jeff Sessions Hearings In ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund updated its report in opposition to the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General of the United States with documentary materials. LDF has engaged in an ...
Ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Senator Jeff Sessions’ nomination to be the U.S. Attorney General, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, issued the following statement: ...
Read the PDF of our statement here. Unceasing Hostility to Civil Rights Demonstrates Sessions Unqualified to Serve As Attorney General Washington, DC — Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a 32-page ...