Thursday, November 15, 2012 | news
Every year, New York City middle-schoolers subject themselves to a grueling academic ritual that could make or break their educational futures, or so they’re told. The 2.5-hour multiple-choice Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) serves as the sole gateway to a suite of elite public schools — particularly Bronx Science, Stuyvesant and Brooklyn Technical. The […]
Friday, April 21, 2017 | news
Read the PDF version of our statement here. Civil Rights Groups File Brief with Florida Supreme Court in Support of State Attorney Ayala’s Opposition to Death Penalty Filing supports State Attorney Ayala’s prosecutorial independence and argues her opposition to death sentencing is well-founded A group of civil rights and civil liberties groups today filed an […]
Monday, February 28, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, Latino Justice PRLDEF, and Ballard Spahr LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of Black, Latino, and Asian American organizations in support of dismissing Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, a lawsuit that seeks to prevent school districts […]
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Groups File Amicus Brief As SCOTUS Scrutinizes Workers’ Rights Washington, D.C., 08.16.17 – To protect the rights of workers, the Impact Fund has teamed up with leading civil rights law firms, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and Cohen Milstein, to file an amicus brief on behalf of more than […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of South Carolina, Boroughs Bryant LLC, Arnold & Porter, and General Counsel’s Office of the NAACP filed a second amended complaint, adding claims to challenge the recently enacted congressional map for South Carolina’s seven congressional districts. The congressional map […]
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | news
Civil Rights Groups Demand Supreme Court Vote Delay NAACP Legal Defense Fund, National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP & National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Urge Citizens to Contact Senators A coalition of civil rights groups – including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP, and National Coalition on […]
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 | news
Today, several state and national civil rights groups sent a letter to Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) demanding changes to its discriminatory and exclusionary discipline policies before students return to school in the fall, citing concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic will worsen existing problems with the school district’s overly punitive responses to the behavior […]
Friday, November 9, 2018 | news
WASHINGTON – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement regarding the unresolved ballot crisis in Georgia: “This election presented Georgia voters with unnecessary and manufactured obstacles to the ballot, including voter purges, poll closures, […]
Monday, October 2, 2023 | news
Today, The Legal Defense Fund, the Southern Center for Human Rights (“SCHR”), and the Center for Constitutional Rights (“CCR”) sent a letter demanding that Atlanta Municipal and Law Department officials to cease and desist the publication of signed referendum petitions with unredacted names, signatures, and other personal information on the Atlanta City Council website. The […]
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 | news
BALTIMORE, MD – In an effort to put an end to tragic police shootings of residents with disabilities who are all too often Black Baltimoreans, especially after the shooting of Ricky Walker, Jr. by Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) officers, a coalition of civil rights groups are demanding immediate action from Baltimore City officials. The […]
