This week, ERASE Racism, a Long Island-based nonprofit dedicated to exposing forms of racial discrimination and advocating for laws and policies that help eliminate racial disparities, honored LDF’s work. We are humbled to have been ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. today announced that Janai Nelson, a law professor and expert on election law and voting rights issues, has been named Associate Director-Counsel of the organization. Ms. Nelson’s appointment ...
Today, the Council of State Governments, a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization of state government officials from all branches of government, unveiled an important new consensus report on school discipline. Known for its practical, evidence-based research and ...
Statement from Sherrilyn Ifill on the “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative In February of this year, President Barack Obama unveiled the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men ...
Jim Crow-Era Voucher Tests “Have No Place in Modern Day Alabama” In clear violation of the Voting Rights Act, the State of Alabama has proposed a set of rules that will require an otherwise eligible ...
Historic Elections Take Place in Fayette County, Georgia Fair Electoral Opportunity for Black Voters Arrives in Fayette County, Georgia Our nation recently commemorated the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Brown v. ...
Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to have somebody to tell your story to is so important. ...
