UPDATE: Read Jim Nabrit’s obituary in the New York Times The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. mourns the passing, and celebrates the life of James M. Nabrit, III, a true hero of the ...
Floyd v. City of New York challenges the unconstitutional police stops of thousands of Blacks and Latinos across New York City. The landmark case, Floyd v. City of New York, is currently on trial before ...
David R. Jones, President & CEO of the Community Service Society of New York (CSS), weighed in this week in on the continuing trend of racial disparities in New York City’s Specialized High Schools and ...
In a letter to New York officials, LDF comments on New York State’s Action Plan, which outlines the State’s plan to spend federal funds for Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. In our letter, LDF expresses concerns ...
Today (March 20, 2013) at 1:00pm EDT, please join Christina Swarns, Director of LDF’s Criminal Justice Project, for a live chat with Ed Pilkington of The Guardian discussing the Texas death penalty case of Duane ...
NAACP Calls Mr. Buck’s Death Penalty Case a “Blatant Example of Racial Bias” (Harris County, Texas, March 20, 2013) Today, 102 prominent individuals from Texas and throughout the country released a statement urging Texas officials to provide ...
The premier African American newspaper in Philadelphia recently recounted a powerful address delivered by Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill to an audience of over 150 including civil rights leaders, congressional staffers, judges, at a reception hosted by ...
