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LDF at Selma: Past, Present, and Future

LDF at Selma: Bloody Sunday and Selma to Montgomery March History

LDF at Selma The Selma To Montgomery March History of the Voting Rights March of 1965 Selma Campaign Bloody Sunday The March Voting Rights Act Before The March At the end of 1961, the focus of the civil rights movement began to shift.  Dr. King stated, “The central front is that of suffrage.  If we […]

LDF at Selma 55th Jubilee 2020

LDF at the 55th Selma Jubilee February 28, 2020 – March 1, 2020 LDF Unity Dinner and Community Listening Session Alongside the Alabama Civic Engagement (ACE) Coalition, LDF hosted a community dialogue where litigators connected with community organizers, entrepreneurs, lobbyists, students, and other leaders to discuss collective action.  Many attendees were formerly-incarcerated persons who now lead […]

LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson Testifies on Voting Rights Before Committee on House Administration

Today, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Associate Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Elections. The focus is on the threats to voting rights since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision 2013 decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder and LDF’s efforts to […]

LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson Testifies on the Importance of Preclearance in Preventing Discriminatory Voting Legislation

Today, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to stress the importance of fully restoring the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to address the ongoing proliferation of discrimination in voting — and to urge Congress […]

LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson Testifies on the Consequences of Shelby and Brnovich Decisions and the Need for Federal Voting Rights Protections

Today, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution to underscore the significance of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Shelby County v. Holder and Brnovich v. Democratic National […]

LDF Assistant Counsel Rachel Kleinman On Impact of the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Fisher v. UT Austin

LDF Assistant Counsel Rachel Kleinman spoke to the Orlando Sentinel about the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Fisher v. UT Austin, which endorsed the benefits of student-body diversity in colleges and universities and allowed the continued use of race-conscious admissions policies. Read the full article here (free registration required.)

LDF Assistant Counsel Angel Harris Talking Jury Composition on Huffington Post Politics – Watch the Video

LDF Assistant Counsel Angel Harris discusses racial diversity in jury selection, especially in police involved shooting trials, and the systematic inequalities that lead to this imbalance.

LDF Assistant Counsel Angel Harris in Huffington Post on Troubling Jury Trends

Angel Harris, a staff attorney at the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said these jury trends are troubling considering the significant racial disparities in the way Americans experience and interact with law enforcement. She’s concerned that minority groups are being systematically disenfranchised and removed from the judicial process. “We’re dealing with police officers who […]

LDF Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Review Duane Buck’s Racially Biased Death Sentence

Ineffective Lawyer Relies on Racial Bias and Stereotype During Texas Capital Sentencing Yesterday, LDF, along with co-counsel, the Texas Defender Service and Holland & Knight LLP, filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Duane Buck, an African-American man who was sentenced to death in Texas after his own lawyer […]