Joint Statement of Seven Civil Rights Leaders: Vow to Oppose Threats to Racial Justice Under Trump

NEW YORK (November 14, 2016) —  Seven leading civil rights organizations today issued the following statement in response to the 2016 Presidential and Congressional election: “As civil rights leaders working for racial justice and economic ...

Joint Statement of Seven Civil Rights Leaders: Vow to Oppose Threats to Racial Justice Under Trump

Source: Civil Rights Leaders Vow to Oppose Threats to Racial Justice Under Trump

NEW YORK (November 14, 2016) —  Seven leading civil rights organizations today issued the following statement in response to the 2016 Presidential and Congressional election: “As civil rights leaders working for racial justice and economic ...

Video: Powerful Words from Sherrilyn Ifill on What Comes Next

In the wake of the results of the 2016 presidential election, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), recorded a powerful message. Read the excerpt and be sure ...

Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. on the Presidential Election

After Tuesday’s election of Donald J. Trump as President-Elect, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. President and Director Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued this statement from Washington, D.C.: “We are all carrying the weight of ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill: Election Day Demonstrates Need to Restore Voting Rights Act

Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) was on the ground in Alabama on this Election Day engaging in nonpartisan election protection work as part of LDF’s ...

LDF Celebrates The Power of Now at its 30th Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund hosted its 30th annual National Equal Justice Award Dinner, The Power of Now, on Wednesday, November 2nd at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. The dinner was held the ...

Joint Statement of Civil Rights Groups on the Murder Trial of Former Officer Michael Slager

Today, the ACLU of South Carolina, the North Charleston Branch of the NAACP, the Community Resource Center, Charleston Area Justice Ministry, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. release the following statement:  Over ...

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