Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | ldf-events
To commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s momentous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will be hosting a luncheon, May 17, 2019 at 1:00 PM EST, to celebrate the historic victory as well as some of the incredible women who made it possible. The […]
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 | news
The Right to Resist: How Will YOU Fight Police Brutality? ACTIVIST/ORGANIZER LUMUMBA AKINWOLE-BANDELE ON THE NEED TO CHALLENGE THE RIGHT OF POLICE TO TERRORIZE OUR COMMUNITIES “We declare our right on this earth…to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, […]
Friday, December 19, 2014 | news
On the Canadian Broadcast Channel (CBC), LDF Senior Community Organizer Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele reports live from the “NYC Millions March” on December 13, 2014 in Manhattan as part of a mass community demonstration to go peacefully into the streets all over the country to demand justice for victims of police violence and institutionalized racism.
Monday, April 13, 2015 | news
How and Why You Should Record the Police Broadly speaking, it is always legal to record the police in public places or when they are on-duty, so long as the witness does not interfere with police proceedings. And the proliferation of smart phones and social media has made citizen monitoring of police activity easy: people […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Monday, July 2, 2018 | scholarship-rec
In fall of 1963, Lucinda Brawley enrolled as the second African American student ever to attend Clemson University in South Carolina. A native of Hopkins, South Carolina, Ms. Brawley began dating civil rights leader Harvey Gantt when they were both undergraduate students. In an interview with Lynn Haessly in 1986, Harvey Gantt recalled meeting Lucinda; […]
Thursday, December 10, 2020 | case-issue
UPDATE – Motion to dismiss denied On November 25, 2020, a Kentucky district court denied the defense’s motion to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit against the City of Louisville, Kentucky, for the Louisville Metro Police Department’s (LMPD) repeated use of military-type force and intimidation in response to peaceful protesters demonstrating against police violence. The lawsuit was filed […]
Thursday, April 16, 2020 | news
On Wednesday, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced that the State’s K-12 schools will remain closed for the remainder of the academic year, but pointedly emphasized that instruction will continue. “This is not the end of learning for this academic year. It’s just the end of students physically going to school campuses,” Edwards said. “I […]
Monday, February 24, 2025 | case-issue
Case: Voting Rights and Redistricting Louisiana v. Callais FAQ What you need to know about LDF’s redistricting case before the Supreme Court and its impact on voting rights nationwide. Supreme Court Oral Argument: March 24, 2025 Reargument: Oct. 15 For years, Louisianians have organized, legislated, and litigated for the promise of a fair and representative […]
Thursday, September 11, 2025 | case-issue
Case: Voting Rights and Redistricting Louisiana v. Callais Protecting fair representation for Black voters in Louisiana and safeguarding the Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Oral Argument: March 24, 2025 ReArgument: October 15, 2025 What’s at stake in Louisiana v. Callais ? Louisiana v. Callais is a seminal redistricting case before the U.S. Supreme Court that […]
