Christina Swarns talks about what the mantras “Hands up, don’t shoot,” “I can’t breathe,” and “Black lives matter” mean for the current and historic civil rights movements. “Hands up, don’t shoot.” “I can’t breathe.” “Black ...
Fair opportunity eludes black voters “Because at-large voting erects a barrier to black voters’ electoral opportunities, plaintiffs to the lawsuit seek a remedial district in which black voters are the majority of the voters in ...
In an op-ed on AL.com, LDF’s Fried Frank Fellow Deuel Ross argues Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s view on voter ID laws does not fit the facts: In January, after watching the film “Selma,” Gov. Robert Bentley was ...
LDF Senior Education Policy Counsel Janel George, along with Joseph Bishop and Dwanna Nicole , writes in a Huffington Post blog why it is imperative for Congress to quickly improve and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary ...
Loretta Lynch Embraces Eric Holder’s Legacy on Civil Rights President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department appeared poised for Senate confirmation after two days of hearings in which Loretta Lynch earned the confidence ...
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joined MSNBC’s The Reid Report today with host Joy-Ann Reid to discuss Loretta Lynch’s Senate confirmation hearings. Up for discussion were Loretta Lynch’s stance on voter ID laws, waterboarding and ...
Ryan Haygood was the keynote speaker at the Alliance San Diego’s All Peoples Celebration, “I Am a Human, I Am the Dream” event, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The event took place Jan 19, ...
