Wednesday, November 19, 2014 | news
On Free Speech Radio News, LDF attorney Leah Aden commented on the Alabama redistricting case pending before the Supreme Court, noting that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act did not require Alabama to maintain exact percentages of Black voters in legislative districts to preserve Black voters’ ability to elect their preferred candidates of choice. Aden […]
Thursday, August 13, 2015 | news
In Interventions on the 50th anniversaries of events in the American Civil Rights Movement, LDF attorney Leah Aden contributes a piece titled “The right to vote is under seige.” Aden’s essay focuses on the erection of additional obstacles to the participation of voters of color, including new stringent voter identification laws in the wake of the Shelby County, […]
Monday, April 1, 2013 | news
This morning, LDF Attorney Christina Swarns discussed the death penalty case of LDF client, Duane Buck, with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! You can watch Ms. Swarns explain how racial bias and stereotype — including the trial prosecutor’s reliance on evidence suggesting that Mr. Buck’s race made him more likely to be a future danger — render Mr. Buck’s death […]
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | news
Cara McClellan, LDF Skadden Fellow discusses our lawsuit against the Binghamton School District for the unlawful strip search of 4 black and brown girls on HLN.
Monday, May 13, 2013 | news
Writing in The Root, Vincent Southerland, Senior Counsel in LDF’s Criminal Justice Project, urges policy makers to use the opportunity presented by the US Supreme Court’s decision in Miller v. Alabama to treat children convicted of crimes fairly. In Miller, the Court recognized what we all know and understand: Age matters. Children are immature and […]
Monday, April 8, 2013 | news
“LDF fought for the passage of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Right Act, and while we as a society have achieved real progress for African Americans in the workplace, African Americans still face significant obstacles to equal employment opportunities–many of the obstacles are structural” ReNika Moore, Director of LDF’s Economic Justice Group, discusses with Bloomberg […]
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 | news
Yesterday, NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill participated in a White House meeting with President Barack Obama Vice President Joe Biden, representatives from law enforcement organizations, youth leaders, local elected officials and members of the faith community. The meeting comes on the heels of protests around the nation and a renewed […]
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | page
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Thursday, February 17, 2022 | page
LDF At Selma The Voting Rights March of 1965 The Selma to Montgomery March proved to be a turning point in our nation’s history. Black civil rights leaders and demonstrators from across the South gathered in Alabama to demand their right to vote and participate fully in our democracy. What unfolded on the Edmund Pettus […]
Friday, February 21, 2020 | page
LDF at Selma Williams v. Wallace LDF’s Work Defending Selma Foot Soldiers PROTECTING SELMA MARCHERS LDF played a pivotal role in ensuring the marchers were able to proceed which the Selma to Montgomery march as planned following the events of Bloody Sunday when Alabama police attacked marchers on the Edmund Pettus bridge. LDF and cooperating […]
