Our country faces profound and important challenges in the years ahead. As the presidential candidates prepare to take to the podiums for the first debate, there are many essential questions anyone seeking our nation’s highest ...
Today, the State of Texas petitioned the United States Supreme Court to take up its appeal of a ruling that found that its voter suppression law is discriminatory. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys who ...
President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement regarding the indictment of Officer Betty Shelby, who killed Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, and the release of the Scott ...
Today, LDF Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joined civil rights activist DeRay McKesson at Google’s Zeitgeist event for an intimate and open discussion about current race relations in the US, systemic racism, and the importance of the ...
Today, Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger announced that his office would not seek criminal charges against the police officers responsible for the August 1 shooting that killed Korryn Gaines and injured her young son, ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Kevin Kamenetz, Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD) Executive, to request that several key aspects of the police department’s practices be subject to ...
Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson joined members of the Voting Rights Caucus and other experts in the field for a panel at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 46th Annual Legislative Conference entitled “The Federal Case for Voter Protection ...
