The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office of the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that it has accepted North Charleston city officials’ invitation to conduct an assessment of the city’s policing practices. Specifically, ...
Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced that former United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. will join the organization’s National Board of Directors. Holder was the first African-American Attorney ...
Since its founding, LDF has utilized litigation, policy advocacy, public education, and community organizing strategies to stymie racial segregation and promote racial integration in housing. LDF has litigated fair housing cases in virtually every area ...
Since September 11, 2001, the unlawful profiling of airline passengers on the basis of race or religion has become disturbingly common. Within the past six months alone, eleven racial and religious profiling incidents have been ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Batson v. Kentucky, a U.S. Supreme Court case that prohibits the exclusion of jurors based solely on their race as a ...
With the United States Senate set to return from its recess on Monday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has released a comprehensive report examining the civil rights record of Chief Judge ...
Yesterday a bipartisan group of United States Senators announced changes to the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, S. 2123. “We are pleased to see that a group of Republican and Democratic Senators announced their willingness ...
