(North Charleston, SC) – Six months ago, Walter Scott, an unarmed African-American man, was killed by North Charleston police officer Michael Slager during a routine traffic stop. Next week, community members in North Charleston will ...
(Washington, DC) – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Deputy Secretary John King, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), ...
On Monday, October 5, 2015, Maryland Public Television invited LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill to discuss race and policing, Freddie Gray and more with a live studio audience. She joined Michael Higginbotham, Law Professor at University ...
South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC) made a remarkable request when he asked that the federal courthouse named for him be changed to that of Judge J. Waites Waring. Judge Waring is remembered for his important ...
South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC) made a remarkable request when he asked that the federal courthouse named for him be changed to that of Judge J. Waites Waring. Judge Waring is remembered for his important ...
October 17 Update: Alabama Governor Offers Partial Fix for Driver’s License Office Closures After Pressure from Voting Rights Advocates (Washington, DC) – After three weeks of pressure on Alabama Governor Robert Bentley over his announced ...
Today’s bipartisan introduction of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act is an important first step in the process of enacting federal criminal justice reform, according to Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal ...
