Tuesday, October 28, 2014 | news
Issue Recommendations to Gov. Leaders on Improving Accountability Systems WASHINGTON – Today eleven civil rights groups including Advancement Project, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), National Opportunity to Learn (OTL) Campaign, National Urban League (NUL), National Association for the […]
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 | news
Civil and voting rights organizations scored two significant wins for Georgia voters when they secured preliminary injunctions that would ease burdensome birthdate requirement for casting absentee ballots and allow “line relief” for voters waiting in long lines to cast their ballots. But those wins have been appealed to the 11th Circuit and, with less than […]
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | news
Bank of America, Quicken Loans, Citi , Wells Fargo, National Association of Realtors call on HUD to hold off on issuing a final Disparate Impact Rule WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, leading civil rights groups commended mortgage lenders and industry leaders now advocating for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to refrain from issuing a final Disparate Impact rule. These civil rights organizations are also renewing their own push for the agency to pull its dangerous proposal […]
Friday, December 24, 2021 | news
Lawsuit: Gerrymandered State House Map Intentionally Discriminates Against Black Communities COLUMBIA, S.C. — Civil rights groups have filed a legal challenge over South Carolina’s new racially gerrymandered state House district map, charging it intentionally discriminates against Black communities in the state and denies Black voters equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect […]
Thursday, October 16, 2014 | news
DETROIT, MI — In a letter sent today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and the ACLU of Michigan calls on two United Nations Special Rapporteurs in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to refer the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) shut-off campaign to the United States and local […]
Thursday, January 13, 2022 | news
Leading civil rights organizations released the following joint statement urging senators to be on the right side of history and pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act: “History will judge senators for what they do to protect voting rights, not arcane rules. The Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act will ensure that […]
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 | news
WASHINGTON – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund and more than 23 civil rights, employment, and privacy organizations today in introducing principles to guide the development, use, auditing, and oversight of hiring assessment technologies. The groups urge policymakers, vendors, and […]
Thursday, May 26, 2011 | news
A group of seven prominent national civil rights organizations that includes The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to support the retroactive application of a new set of sentencing guidelines that accompany the implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced […]
Monday, February 5, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Groups Call for Oversight Hearing on NYPD Gang Policing Practices Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety, as well as the Committee on Oversight […]
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | news
Seven leading civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the National Urban League, called on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today to dismantle core pieces of his education agenda, arguing that his emphases on expanding charter schools, closing low-performing schools, and using competitive rather than formula funding are detrimental to low-income and minority children. […]
