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 ...

LDF: Join us for Policing in Public Housing Community Forum, November 17th in Brooklyn

Good afternoon, my name is Carmen Dixon, I am  a Community Organizer at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for its Policing Reform Campaign.  In early 2015, LDF along with Legal Aid Society settled ...

LDF to Alabama Secretary of State: Ensure All Election Day Personnel Familiar With Voter Protection Laws

In a letter detailing the intimidation experienced by one of LDF’s own attorneys, who was engaged in non-partisan poll-watching during the primary, LDF contacted the Alabama Secretary of State expressing concerns over potential voter intimidation and ...

North Charleston in Focus

On April 4, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina police officer Michael Slager shot and killed Walter Scott, an unarmed African-American father, as he ran away during a routine traffic stop. The incident was caught on ...

LDF: Senator Cruz’s Call for Supreme Court Obstruction Dangerous to Democracy

Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz urged his colleagues to block filling the current Supreme Court vacancy indefinitely, remarking that “[t]here is certainly long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices.” This statement and the ...

LDF: DNC and RNC Must Pledge to Enact Measures to Ensure Every Voter Able to Participate Equally and Freely

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has sent a letter to the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee raising “serious concerns about the current tone and rhetoric concerning voter participation on Election Day.” LDF ...

LDF Proud to Be Part of Atlantic Philanthropies Fellowship Program to Dismantle Anti-Black Racism

The Atlantic Philanthropies and Columbia University today announced the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity, a 10-year, $60 million program for courageous and creative leaders dedicated to dismantling anti-black racism in the United States and South ...

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