Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | news
Today a grand jury indicted former Baltimore police officer Arthur Williams on three charges: first-degree assault, second-degree assault and officer misconduct after disturbing video surfaced on social media over the weekend showing Williams violently beating an African-American Baltimore resident to the ground, with what appeared to be little or no provocation, and no imminent threat. […]
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 | news
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s call to remove the confederate flag from the state capitol is a welcomed and long overdue act of responsive leadership that is much needed in the Palmetto State. The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has long voiced its opposition to the flag’s use on state property as […]
Monday, May 7, 2018 | news
Today, Google announced that it will ban ads for the bail bond industry in their ad systems. Todd A. Cox, Policy Director at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), provided the following statement: “The money bail industry exploits communities of color and low-income Americans when they’re at their most vulnerable, profiting off families in their […]
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) reached a settlement agreement in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request lawsuit filed against the United States Department of Education (ED) in May 2018. LDF sued ED after the department failed to respond to a July 2017 request for records regarding policy changes made […]
Thursday, August 6, 2015 | case-update
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal challenge under the Act against SB 14, Texas’s discriminatory photo ID law in Veasey v. Texas. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), which represents plaintiff-interveners in the case, applauds the Fifth Circuit’s decision to uphold […]
Thursday, December 14, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on FCC Vote to Dismantle Net Neutrality Rules The Federal Communications Commission voted today, to dismantle Net neutrality rules. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill released the following statement: “I am incredibly disappointed that the FCC has chosen to reverse […]
Saturday, October 7, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on FBI’s Offensive “Black Identity Extremist” Report Yesterday, media reported on a baseless and offensive new FBI report on a supposed “Black Identity Extremist” threat rooted in peaceful protest against police brutality. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued […]
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 | news
Today, Facebook settled several lawsuits with civil rights organizations and labor groups – including the ACLU and National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) – that alleged Facebook allowed discriminatory practices in housing, employment, and credit advertising. As part of the settlements, Facebook agreed to implement sweeping changes to its ad platforms to ensure users can no […]
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 | news
Yesterday, Facebook banned white nationalism and white separatism from its platform, putting each ideology on par with white supremacy, which was already prohibited. In addition to barring content that praises, supports, or represents white nationalism and white separatism, Facebook will also direct users who attempt to post such content to Life After Hate, a non-profit […]
Friday, October 16, 2020 | news
In response to the completion of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Supreme Court nomination hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement: “Judge Barrett’s troubling Judiciary Committee testimony underscores and deepens the urgency of the concerns highlighted in our report opposing […]
