Thursday, July 29, 2010 | case-update
Congressman Bobby Scott and Congressman Christopher Murphy co-hosted a congressional briefing on the Negative Effects of Zero Tolerance Discipline Policies in Schools on Capitol Hill on July 29, 2010. Both representatives are members of the House Education & Labor Committee, which oversees legislation directly impacting school discipline. The briefing served as an opportunity to provide […]
Thursday, January 16, 2014 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) commends the Members of Congress who today, in a strong bipartisan showing, introduced the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014. The introduction of this bill—just seven months after the Supreme Court’s devastating ruling in Shelby County, Alabama vs. Holder—demonstrates Congress’ recognition of the urgent need to […]
Saturday, April 12, 2014 | news
Today, Members of Congress, led by Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI-13), introduced the Democracy Restoration Act of 2014, S. 2235 and H.R. 4459. The bill would restore voting rights in federal elections to those who have lost their voting rights as a collateral consequence of a felony conviction. The disenfranchisement of persons […]
Monday, December 17, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to reports that Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 election included massive efforts against African Americans: “These extraordinary revelations should be of the gravest concern to anyone who cares about the integrity of our […]
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here Confirmation of DeVos Shameful Dereliction of Duty Statement of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. on Confirmation of Betsy DeVos On news that the Senate confirmed the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Director of Policy Todd […]
Thursday, March 7, 2019 | news
To ensure that another generation of Black and Brown students in Baltimore are not held back from realizing their dreams because of unconstitutional and inequitable education funding, a group of concerned parents and civil rights organizations are returning to court today to reopen the historic Bradford vs. Maryland State Board of Education litigation that spurred […]
Thursday, May 9, 2024 | news
Yesterday, Cultural & Racial Equity for Every Dragon (CREED) and the Southlake Anti-Racism Coalition (SARC) submitted an open letter to the Carroll Independent School District (CISD), in Southlake, Texas, urging it to negotiate in good faith with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to remedy serious civil rights violations. Earlier this […]
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 | news
The State of Maryland In Violation of Court Orders Requiring Full Funding for Students in Baltimore City See videos of parents and students: https://www.aclu-md.org/bradford Read the letter here. BALTIMORE – The State of Maryland has failed to address the abysmal conditions in Baltimore City schools, leading to classrooms without heat and students wearing winter coats […]
Friday, October 5, 2012 | news
It seemed like a good strategy: To boost the tiny number of black and Hispanic students at the city’s most elite high schools, the city this year expanded access to programs meant to prepare eighth-graders for the schools’ admissions test. But that approach is fundamentally broken, according to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which today filed a […]
Thursday, January 27, 2022 | careers
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is the country’s first and foremost civil and human rights law organization. Founded in 1940 under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall, who subsequently became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, LDF was launched at a time when the nation’s aspirations for equality and due process […]
