Thursday, October 13, 2016 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) deeply mourns the loss of civil rights icon and our second Director-Counsel Jack Greenberg, who was the last living attorney who argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in the United States Supreme Court. Greenberg died this morning at his home in New York. Sherrilyn […]
Thursday, October 13, 2016 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) deeply mourns the loss of civil rights icon and our second Director-Counsel Jack Greenberg, who was the last living attorney who argued the Brown v. Board of Education case in the United States Supreme Court. Greenberg died this morning at his home in New York. Sherrilyn […]
Thursday, October 13, 2016 | news
Read a pdf of this article here. A memorial service celebrating Jack Greenberg will be held on Monday December 5th at St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University in New York (1160 Amsterdam Avenue) at 2:30 p.m. A reception will follow at Columbia Law School in Drapkin Lounge (Jerome Greene Hall, 3rd Floor). Please RSVP to Briana Florio […]
Saturday, November 2, 2024 | news
Yesterday, a jury in a federal criminal trial found former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) Officer Brett Hankison, who was involved in the warrant execution that resulted in the killing of Breonna Taylor, guilty on one count of depriving Taylor of her constitutional rights under color of law. The jury acquitted Hankison on the second […]
Thursday, May 30, 2019 | ldf-at-work
Thursday, March 7, 2024 | news
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a hearing entitled: “Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses.” The hearing is the latest in a series of attacks by extremists seeking to dismantle programs that improve campus climate and remove […]
Friday, November 8, 2024 | news
On Thursday, the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board voted to close Fifth Ward Elementary School before the 2025-26 school year. In a proposal, the School Board is calling for the children who currently attend the school to be relocated to East St John Preparatory Academy, a middle school, and LaPlace Elementary, another elementary […]
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), released the following statement in response to the latest allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “It is inconceivable for Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process to continue in light of the latest sexual assault allegations brought against him […]
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement about the completion of the FBI’s investigation of sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “Throughout this process, the Senate majority has withheld crucial information about Judge Kavanaugh’s background. This pattern of obfuscation must […]
Friday, October 5, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement in response to the conviction of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke for the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald, a 17-year-old Black man: “Today a jury found Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of second-degree […]
