Wednesday, January 7, 2015 | news
Nearly 30,000 New York City middle school students will have the opportunity to see the Golden Globe-nominated film SELMA free of charge, starting this Thursday January 8th thru Monday, January 19th –Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This free admission program was the brainchild of 27 African-American business leaders who were inspired by the film’s message […]
Thursday, July 16, 2015 | news
Nearly two dozen prominent African-American business leaders announced the donation of $1,000,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) to launch a campaign for policing reform. The business group, which designated several spokespersons but whose members choose to remain anonymous, expressed their growing and urgent concern over the rash of police-involved killings […]
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 | news
With episodes of police violence against unarmed African-American citizens occurring at a frequency that has raised the national consciousness to an unprecedented level, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) have jointly called for immediate reforms to end police misconduct. This collaboration between The ELC and LDF […]
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | news
Yesterday, elected officials in Georgia passed sweeping legislation to address water affordability issues and implement stronger protections against shutoffs in DeKalb County. These efforts are the result of years of advocacy by the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and local organizations, including DeKalb Water Watch, the South River Watershed Alliance, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and […]
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | news
A bill that would have forced the state to count prisoners in the cities or towns they lived in before they were incarcerated was not called for a vote by the Judiciary Committee, but some lawmakers, like Sen. Eric Coleman, believe there’s a chance it could be resurrected. Coleman, co-chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said […]
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | news
The U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia is the second most important court in the country. It has special jurisdiction for reviewing the actions of federal agencies. Additionally, under the Voting Rights Act, one of its members is required to sit on three-judge panels that decide whether to preclear voting changes by jurisdictions […]
Friday, April 20, 2018 | news
A coalition of leaders in the reproductive rights and civil rights fields called today for the withdrawal of Wendy Vitter’s nomination for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The groups note that Vitter’s repeated demonstrations of poor judgment and questionable integrity, including her refusal to clearly answer a […]
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and AAUW attended the School Safety and Climate Summit hosted by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. During their roundtable discussion with Secretary DeVos, civil rights advocates expressed their frustration about the absence of […]
Thursday, July 21, 2016 | news
In a letter to Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, a citywide coalition of advocates urge city leaders to ensure that progress towards police accountability adopted during the 2016 Maryland General Assembly is upheld during the city’s ongoing contract negotiations with the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Union. Members of […]
Friday, December 15, 2023 | news
Today, in Robinson v. Ardoin, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Louisiana’s motion to revisit the Court’s November 10, 2023 decision upholding the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and recognizing the right of advocacy organizations and individual voters to sue for its enforcement. The challenge against the […]
