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60 Civil Rights Groups Urge DeVos to Select an Assistant Secretary who will Protect Civil Rights of All Students

60 Civil Rights Groups Urge DeVos to Select an Assistant Secretary who will Protect Civil Rights of All Students Read the PDF of our statement here. WASHINGTON – Today, 60 civil rights groups sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos emphasizing the importance of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil […]

5th Circuit Preserves Higher ED Opportunity Victory

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.   Read full case update.

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.