In recognition of the 51st anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will participate in a series of events during the Selma ...
The release of a shocking video showing a Baltimore school police officer slapping and kicking a young man at a city school is a distressing reminder of persistent police violence against unarmed Black youth. The NAACP ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued a letter requesting the Senate Judiciary Committee faithfully carry out its constitutional duty by holding a hearing for any Supreme Court nominees presented by ...
Yesterday, Acting Secretary of Education, Dr. John King, Jr., appeared before the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee for consideration of his nomination to be the U.S. Secretary of Education. We support ...
The Fight for Economic Justice: Griggs v. Duke Power Co. and the Cancellation of Baltimore’s Red Line In this final installment of our “Throwback Thursday” (#tbt) “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now” series for Black ...
Two Significant Cases in the Fight to Promote Educational Desegregation and Inclusion: Green and Fisher II In this third installment of our “Throwback Thursday” (#tbt) “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now” series for Black ...
Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, together with civil rights leaders, speaking at Thursday’s session in a series of presidential candidate briefings Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, is participating in today’s session in a series ...
