Friday, May 24, 2024 | staff
Beth Caldwell joined LDF as Assistant Counsel in 2024. Before joining LDF, Beth was an appellate public defender at the Center for Appellate Litigation in New York City, where she represented clients in their direct appeals from their criminal convictions in Manhattan and the Bronx. In People v. Garcia, 216 A.D.3d 438 (1st Dep’t 2023), […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
“Democracy thrives when it is practiced, not prevented.” – LDF President and Director-Counsel, John Payton LDF has a longstanding history of advocating for an inclusive democracy that represents all Americans. We believe voting is one of the most sacred means of political participation, and are dedicated to removing barriers between individuals and the polls. In […]
Thursday, June 17, 2021 | news
Prominent civil rights group leaders and the family of George Floyd demand that Congress address police accountability and police violence in the wake of the continued brutalization and killing of Black people. The following is a joint statement from leaders of those groups: “Last year, millions of Americans in nearly every state came together to […]
Monday, September 22, 2014 | news
Race and gender disparities in opportunity and academic achievement lead to high dropout rates, limited job opportunities, and increased risk of poverty (Washington, D.C.) Due to pervasive, systemic barriers in education rooted in racial and gender bias and stereotypes, African American girls are faring worse than the national average for girls on almost every measure […]
Wednesday, December 26, 2018 | case-issue
On April 12, 2018, Private Plaintiffs—parents of Black children enrolled in the Meridian Public School District, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and Fred Banks, Jr. of Phelps Dunbar LLP—filed an opposition in federal court to the Meridian Public School District’s motion for a declaration of unitary status in this […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
On January 31, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman entered a consent order submitted by LDF on behalf of Black parents in Banks v. St. James Parish School Board, a school desegregation case. For months, LDF and local counsel, Gideon T. Carter, III, have worked with the St. James School Board and the U.S. Department of Justice to develop […]
Thursday, August 2, 2012 | news
Delma Banks, who was once sentenced to die for the 1980 murder of a Nash, Texas, teenager, accepted a sentence of life Wednesday, ending a case that has lingered in the court system for 32 years. Read the full story in the Texarkana Gazette.
Monday, September 29, 2014 | news
Decision Comes As United Nations Delegates Announce Investigation into Human Rights Violations DETROIT, MI— Today, the ACLU of Michigan and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., a separate entity from the NAACP, expressed deep disappointment with a federal judge’s decision to deny a motion that would have temporarily stopped water service shut-offs to Detroit […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
On June 28, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States granted and consolidated two cases about whether the City of Miami can sue for predatory and discriminatory lending practices. These cases are brought under the Fair Housing Act of 1967, which is a critical tool for combating housing discrimination and a means of seeking […]
Monday, September 20, 2010 | news
Washington prohibits prison inmates and former inmates on probation from voting. Secretary of State Sam Reed says the ban goes back to when Washington was a territory and notes 47 other states have some form of felon voter disenfranchisement. Sam Reed: “We believe the loss of voting rights is really a reasonable and appropriate sanction […]
