President Obama met with civil rights leaders, including LDF Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill, on Wednesday. The meeting with civil rights leaders focused on key areas of alignment between the President’s agenda and that of civil rights leaders. This ...
Today, Assistant Counsel Ria Tabacco Mar testified at a public hearing before the DC Council’s Committee on Economic Development in support of a Proposed Resolution calling on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to adopt a ...
The shooting of seventeen-year-old Jordan Davis marked yet another tragic and senseless death of an unarmed, innocent, African-American teenager. Rather than seeing Jordan or his friends for what they were — ordinary teenagers — Mr. ...
LDF celebrates the life and work of Jean Fairfax, one of the unsung heroines of civil rights movement. A great humanitarian, organizer, strategist and activist, Mrs. Fairfax served as the Director of Community Services at LDF ...
In January 2014, DC Councilwoman Muriel Bowser introduced a Proposed Resolution that calls on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) to revise its criminal records policy. In the Proposed Resolution, Councilwoman Bowser, who also ...
“As I take the measure of my life and experience, it is, at a personal level, a story of struggle and triumph. With the support of family and community, I overcame the limits of racial ...
A Black Judge Has Never Been Elected to Serve in Terrebonne Parish Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana— LDF and cooperating Louisiana attorney, Ronald L. Wilson, filed a challenge under the Voting Rights Act and the U. S. ...
