Thursday, January 26, 2023 | news
Today, five former Memphis Police Department officers were charged for their conduct in a brutal assault on Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, who died three days after the attack. Each of the officers have been charged with one count of second-degree murder, one count of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts […]
Saturday, September 5, 2020 | news
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finalized its Disparate Impact Rule. In response, Lisa Cylar Barrett, Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s release of its final Disparate Impact Rule marks a devastating moment […]
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 | news
This week, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed that, under the current administration, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) failed to adequately enforce civil rights protections in schools while wasting millions of taxpayer dollars. According to the report, OCR dismissed nearly 90% of complaints before investigation, and its recent […]
Friday, January 18, 2019 | news
Monique Dixon, LDF’s Deputy Director of Policy, issued the following statement: “No sentence imposed on former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke would restore the McDonald family’s loss of 17-year-old Laquan. LDF echoes the family’s sentiment that the hard work of many who tirelessly sought justice in this tragic case was victorious. Indeed, convictions of officers […]
Friday, December 13, 2024 | news
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released a sharply-divided decision stating that Nasdaq could not enforce a rule meant to increase transparency concerning the representation of people of color, women, and LGBTQ+ individuals on boards of directors overseeing companies listed on the stock exchange. In response to the Court’s decision in […]
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | news
LDF Responds to Facebook’s New Policy on False Voter Information Ahead of Election Todd Cox, Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement in response to Facebook’s new policy regarding misinformation on voting in upcoming U.S. elections: “For over a year, LDF has been engaged with Facebook in […]
Thursday, January 15, 2015 | news
House Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) said this morning that it is “not necessary” to fix the Voting Rights Act. But, the unfair burdens placed on African-American and other voters since the Supreme Court’s devastating Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder decision in 2013 illustrate that Chairman Goodlatte is deeply mistaken. In 2013, the Supreme […]
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 | news
Today, Baltimore prosecutors dropped all charges filed against the remaining three Baltimore police officers pending trial for their involvement in the police in-custody death of Freddie Gray, an unarmed Black man. “We are deeply disappointed that no one has been held responsible for the in-custody death of Freddie Gray,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel […]
Friday, January 19, 2024 | news
Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a scathing report about the failures of the Uvalde Police Department during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which resulted in the deaths of 19 children, 2 teachers, and the wounding of 17 others. In response to this report, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) […]
Friday, October 9, 2020 | news
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Yale University after the school refused to refrain from considering race in its 2020-21 admissions cycle and to seek prior approval from DOJ before considering race in any future admissions cycle, as demanded by DOJ in a letter, dated August 13, 2020. On August […]
