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5th Circuit Court of Appeals Preserves UT Austin Admissions Program

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rebuffed a request to reconsider its prior ruling upholding the constitutionality of the admissions program utilized by the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to assemble a diverse student body.  Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is the first federal appellate challenge to […]

54th Anniversary of Selma March

50th Anniversay of March on Washington

On August 24th, LDF will join Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom!   Why should you come?   –         Help honor Trayvon Martin’s memory   –         America still sentences people to die for being Black   –         Stop & Frisk humiliates people […]

50 Years Since Integration At The University Of Georgia

Fifty years ago, today, two African American students walked onto the campus of the University of Georgia in Atlanta, effectively integrating the school. One of them was Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Host Michel Martin speaks with the award-winning journalist and with Vernon Jordan, the civil rights lawyer who fought for black students to attend classes at the […]

50 Years After Civil Rights Act, Progress Still Needed to End Workplace Segregation

48th Anniversary Commemoration of Bloody Sunday March Palm Card

30th Annual “Delta Days in the Nation’s Capital”

In 1989, the National Social Action Commission instituted Delta Days in the Nation’s Capital, an annual legislative conference to increase members’ involvement in the national public policy-making process. The annual conference includes legislative briefings, issue forums, and advocacy skills development. Featured speakers include key policymakers, members of the United States Congress, Congressional staff members, and […]

30 Issues: Education

Jennifer Cohen, policy analyst with the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation, and Damon Hewitt, director of the Education Practice Group at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) talk about partisanship and the Obama administration's education policy.  Click to listen.

30 Civil and Human Rights Organizations Urge Congress to Oppose Anti-DEIA Funding Cuts

This week, thirty civil and human rights organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to remove all provisions in the pending fiscal year 2024 budget legislation which would prohibit federal agencies from funding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs, programs pertaining to “critical race theory,” and the implementation of racial equity-focused executive […]

25 Years Later, McCleskey Decision Still Fosters Racism by Ignoring It

Few cases involving the intersection of race, criminal law, and procedure have had the reach and impact of McCleskey v. Kemp, a United States Supreme Court decision decided 25 years ago, on April 22, 1987. This decision set the stage for more than 20 years of dramatically increasing racial disparities within the criminal justice system. […]