Tuesday, May 5, 2020 | news
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate announced it would move Donald Trump’s judicial nominations although millions of Americans are suffering from coronavirus and its impact. Cory Wilson […]
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | news
For more information contact: Meghan Holden: mholden@acluct.org Chris Ford: media@naacpldf.org Sarai Bejarano: sbejarano@latinojustice.org Yanidsi Velez: yvelez@hispanicfederation.org Rachel Schmidt: marketing@lwvct.org Dera Silvestre: dsilvestre@commoncause.org Mannal Haddad: mhaddad@campaignlegalcenter.org HARTFORD, CT – Today, lawmakers from the Connecticut General Assembly and civil rights, labor, grassroots, and faith-based organizations joined together in calling for the passage of the Connecticut Voting Rights […]
Sunday, March 18, 2018 | ldf-perspectives
by Todd A. Cox, LDF Policy Director Today marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark civil rights Supreme Court decision in Newman v. Piggie Park, which ruled that businesses cannot justify discrimination — such as refusing to serve Black customers as was the case then — because of religion. Yet, the issue is now being re-litigated. This time, by framing the […]
Monday, June 8, 2020 | news
WASHINGTON — Leading national racial justice organizational leaders today issued a joint statement on the bicameral introduction of the Justice in Policing Act: “This nation is facing another crisis of police killing Black people. While these killings underscore how much systemic racism endures in our nation, this moment has been met with a movement of […]
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Leaders Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose District Court Nominee Thomas Farr Today, national and local civil rights leaders held a telephone press briefing to call on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject Thomas Farr’s nomination to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The committee is expected […]
Friday, April 22, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and South Carolina civil rights leaders welcome the announcement by North Charleston’s Mayor and Chief of Police that they have invited the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office of the U.S. Department of Justice to assist with improving community-police relations. However, we remain steadfast in our belief […]
Sunday, March 6, 2022 | news
Leading civil rights organizations issued the following joint statement to reflect on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday and to urge Congress to remain focused on protecting the fundamental right to vote for the American people: “As thousands gather in Selma, Alabama for the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, we are reminded that our right to […]
Thursday, September 7, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Senate Democratic Leadership, Discuss Efforts to Combat Hate and Protect Civil Rights Today, civil rights leaders met with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other members of the Democratic caucus to discuss post-Charlottesville efforts to combat hate and protect civil rights. The groups […]
Thursday, July 8, 2021 | news
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Don Owens, Lawyers’ Committee, dowens@lawyerscommittee.org, 202.934.1880 Juan Martinez, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org, 212.956.2200 Stephen Peters, The Leadership Conference, peters@civilrights.org, 202.466.1887 Niambé Tomlinson, National Urban League, ntomlinson@nul.org, 585.576-4406 Angelo Greco, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Black Women’s Roundtable, angelo@trillmulticultural.com, 917.499.2688 Rachel Noerdlinger, National Action Network, rnoerdlinger@mercuryllc.com, 347.821.9678 Marc Banks, NAACP, dbanks@naacpnet.org, 404.849.3189 Tkeban Jahannes, NCNW, Inc., tjahannes@ncnw.org, 404.944.1615 WASHINGTON — The […]
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Attorney General Jeff Sessions NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Continues Charge to Protect Right to Vote and Support Policing Reform In a meeting today with United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the leaders of five other national civil rights organizations, NAACP Legal Defense and Education (LDF) Fund President […]
