Tuesday, November 11, 2014 | news
Honorees on the 29th Annual List Include Gabrielle Union, LeBron James,Shonda Rhimes, Pharrell Williams, Kevin Hart and T.D. Jakes Music Impresario Quincy Jones will receive the EBONY Achievement Award Gala Celebration Will Take Place in Los Angeles on November 19 CHICAGO (November 11, 2014) — EBONY® Magazine today unveiled its annual EBONY Power 100 list, […]
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 | page
An Early Voting Success Story – And A Call to Action How Louisiana Voters Can Be Part of History This October By Victoria (Tori) Wenger Black Voters on the Rise Attorney During this critical election cycle, it’s imperative that all voters make a plan to cast their ballots. And because of a multi-year, multi-tactic effort […]
Friday, May 4, 2018 | page
Applications for the 2025-2026 Earl Warren Scholarship will open on November 30, 2025. The Earl Warren Scholarship is named for the Honorable Earl Warren, the 14th Chief Justice of the United States and former Governor of California whose stewardship of the Warren Court helped end school segregation and transform America’s legal landscape. In honor of […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
On January 19, 2005, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief supporting the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Section 8(a) program. The program is an educational and training initiative designed to support and increase business opportunities for economically and socially disadvantaged small businesses, as well as the U.S. Department of […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., was originally filed in 2001 on behalf of a class of an estimated 1.5 million women affected by Wal-Mart’s discriminatory employment practices, making it one of the largest civil rights class action lawsuits in history. The women assert that pay and promotion policies at Wal-Mart systematically disadvantage female employees. For […]
Monday, February 18, 2013 | news
A lawyer who worked on the Harris County District Attorney’s prosecution team that sent Duane Edward Buck to death row is calling on state officials to halt the execution scheduled for Thursday and allow for a new sentencing trial in the case. Read the full article in The Texas Tribune.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 | case-update
Mr. Buck’s death sentence is an unconstitutional product of racial discrimination. Mr. Buck has filed an appeal in the Texas courts asking for a new, fair sentencing hearing free of racial bias.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 | news
Today, Christina Swarns, Director of Litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), appeared before the Supreme Court, giving a powerful argument in Buck v. Davis, a case involving the racially-charged death sentence of Duane Buck. In order to impose a death sentence in Texas, a jury must be convinced that the defendant […]
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 | case-issue
Florida’s response to the millions of people who took to streets to demand police accountability was to pass a law that criminalizes protest, and gives police greater authority to make arrests and use violence against demonstrators. H.B 1 is designed to chill Floridian’s first amendment rights to free speech and peaceful assembly. By criminalizing our […]
