Monday, April 4, 2011 | news
DETROIT — “The most critical civil rights issue of our day” — the school-to-prison pipeline — drew lawyers, educators and the public to Wayne State University Law School March 25. “What is the school-to- prison pipeline?” asked keynote speaker Damon T. Hewitt, director of education practice, NAACP Legal Defense Fund. “You can’t define it, you […]
Thursday, April 4, 2024 | news
Montgomery, Ala. — Today, a coalition of civil rights, voting rights and disability rights organizations sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, Alabama’s 42 District Attorneys, and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to block Alabama’s recently enacted Senate Bill 1 (SB 1). This law directly targets, drastically restricts, and severely penalizes basic nonpartisan civic engagement […]
Friday, May 3, 2024 | news
Montgomery, AL — Today, a coalition of civil rights, voting rights, and disability rights organizations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in Alabama State Conference of the NAACP et al. v. Marshall et al. With this motion, Plaintiffs ask the court to pause the state of Alabama from criminalizing the assistance of voters with […]
Friday, July 29, 2022 | news
As organizations that have spent years fighting for civil rights, racial justice and the genuine safety that all of our communities deserve, we stand together to oppose a vote in the House of Representatives on a combined rule that would join together two issues that should not be dependent on one another—preventative measures, including a […]
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 | news
(Albany, NY) – Today, six organizations supporting the Campaign to End Qualified Immunity in New York are convening in Albany to advocate for the passage of Senate Bill S182 and companion Assembly Bill A710. If passed into law, these bills would eliminate qualified immunity as a defense in state court cases in New York in […]
Monday, May 18, 2020 | news
Today, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. signed onto a set of principles that provide a map for public safety during COVID-19. Recent reports have shown that Black people are suffering from police brutality during the COVID-19 pandemic for non-violent activities and conduct, such as not wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), a face covering, […]
Thursday, April 18, 2024 | news
Nearly 300 leading civil rights, housing, faith, environmental, industry organizations and a local elected official from throughout the nation sent a letter to President Biden, urging his administration to immediately release the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s final “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) rule. The AFFH rule is a vital tool to ensure […]
Friday, January 5, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights, Housing, and Community Development Organizations Call on HUD to Maintain a Critical Fair Housing Tool and Not to Roll Back the Promise of the Fair Housing Act Washington, DC – 76 national civil rights, faith-based, affordable housing and other organizations have voiced their strong opposition to […]
Thursday, February 11, 2016 | news
Important Moments in the Fight Against Unjust Policing and the Need for Police Reform In this second installment of our “Throwback Thursday” (#tbt) “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now” series for Black History Month 2016, we take a look at two important moments in the fight against unjust policing and the need for police […]
Thursday, February 18, 2016 | news
Two Significant Cases in the Fight to Promote Educational Desegregation and Inclusion: Green and Fisher II In this third installment of our “Throwback Thursday” (#tbt) “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now” series for Black History Month 2016, we take a look at two important cases in the fight to promote educational desegregation and inclusion. […]
