Tuesday, April 10, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF), The American Civil Liberties Union, and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights called on Congress today to take action in response to the national crisis of fatal police shootings. The leading civil rights groups voice their concern in […]
Monday, October 27, 2014 | news
In a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, a host of national and local criminal justice, civil rights, human rights, individual liberty, faith-based, and immigrants’ rights organizations are urging the Department of Defense to impose a moratorium on the 1033 program as the Obama administration conducts an examination of federal programs and funding that […]
Friday, May 8, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined National Action Network, Conference of National Black Churches, and other civil rights groups and Black clergy members in calling on congressional leaders to ensure that state and local governments have the resources they need to support communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 | news
Today, 121 civil rights groups and allies, including NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the National Women’s Law Center condemn the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping issued by President Trump on September 22, 2020. The […]
Friday, October 5, 2012 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights about New York City’s specialized high schools’ admissions process. The complaint alleges that reliance on an unproven test as the sole determinant for admissions leads to disproportionately low numbers of African-American and Latino students at the schools and […]
Monday, October 1, 2012 | news
The U.S. Supreme Court term that begins Monday promises to be one of the most important for civil rights in decades, with the potential for blockbuster decisions on issues from race in classrooms and the voting booth to legal recognition for same-sex marriage. Read the full article on First Read.
Friday, October 5, 2012 | news
Stuyvesant, long considered the city’s most elite public high school, offered spaces to 967 students this year. 19 of those students were black. That’s more than double the number of black students admitted the year before. On Thursday, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund is filing a federal civil rights complaint, challenging the city’s admissions process […]
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) joined other advocates in filing a federal civil rights complaint challenging a Texas school district’s practice of using law enforcement officers to issue criminal misdemeanor tickets to students for minor behavioral infractions. The complaint outlines discriminatory patterns in the ticketing practice. Nearly half of all misdemeanor tickets […]
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | case-update
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) joined other advocates in filing a federal civil rights complaint challenging a Texas school district’s practice of using law enforcement officers to issue criminal misdemeanor tickets to students for minor behavioral infractions. The complaint outlines discriminatory patterns in the ticketing practice. Nearly half of all misdemeanor tickets issued […]
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) has joined 154 other organizations in calling on Congress to pay tribute to Representative John Lewis (D-GA) by passing the HEROES Act and the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA). Enacting these legislative measures would protect the integrity of the November election and counter the disenfranchisement that communities […]
