Washington, D.C.–Today, the United States Supreme Court blocked Arizona’s attempt to make eligible voters provide “evidence of citizenship” in order to register to vote. In the case, Arizona v. ITCA, the Supreme Court struck down Arizona’s “Proposition 200” as ...
Court Approval Means Key Changes of Company’s Practices and Awards to Black Managers A federal district court preliminarily approved a $7.5 million settlement of a national class action lawsuit, which alleged that Wet Seal had ...
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill published an Op-Ed in the New York Times, explaining why recent calls by some to focus on “solely class” and abandon race-conscious admissions policies fail to address the realities ...
Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is pleased that President Obama has nominated three individuals to fill longstanding vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of ...
Fayette County, Georgia—Today, in an important voting case, a federal court struck down, as violative of the Voting Rights Act, Fayette County’s discriminatory at-large method of electing members to the County Board of Commissioners and ...
On May 17, 1954, the United State Supreme Court decided a case that changed the course of American history. In Brown v. Board of Education, which was litigated by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational ...
Testimony: Duane Buck’s Case, Whose Sentencing Hearing Was Poisoned With Racial Discrimination, Shows That Texas Needs The Racial Justice Act (Austin, Texas, April 16, 2013) Several prominent Texans submitted testimony to the House of Representatives ...
