Black Theatre United Will Host “Our Voices” Virtual Town Hall
Davis will host the town hall with Leader Stacey Abrams, Founder of Fair Fight and Fair Count and Dr. Jeanine Abrams McLean, Vice President of Fair Count, in…
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NAACP’S Legal Defense Fund Mourns Loss of John Lewis
Sherrilyn Ifill: “I don’t know of another leader in this country with the moral standing of Rep. John Lewis." Lisa Cylar Barrett: "The passing of Representative Lewis leaves…
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS, TO CALL FOR FEDERAL REFORM OF POLICE
The leaders of the nation’s top civil rights and social justice organizations and several members of Congress have scheduled a media briefing to demand federal action to reform…
HARVARD GROUPS AND ALUMNI SUPPORT RACE-CONSCIOUS ADMISSIONS IN COURT FILING
LDF: “Last year’s ruling was a resounding victory for educational equity, and we are confident that the First Circuit Court of Appeals will likewise reaffirm that it is…
BREONNA TAYLOR’S KILLING BY POLICE SHOULD BE INDEPENDENTLY INVESTIGATED
LDF's Sherrilyn Ifill: “Breonna Taylor was entitled to be treated as a hero. Instead, her life was taken from her in a killing that warrants the close scrutiny…
NATIONAL RIGHTS GROUPS CALL FOR PAUSE IN JUDICIAL CONFIRMATIONS PROCESS DURING COVID-19
NAACP's Derrick Johnson: “The Senate’s move to advance Trump’s judicial nominations in the middle of a deadly pandemic will go down in history as an indefensible dereliction of…
COVID-19: NATIONAL BLACK LEADERS URGE PEOPLE TO IGNORE CRAZY GOVERNORS AND STAY HOME
"We, the undersigned, have joined together to state our unequivocal and firm opposition to the premature effort of governors to willfully re-open their states. The actions of these…
NAACP REQUESTS INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPICIOUS MURDER OF JOSHUA BROWN—A KEY WITNESS AGAINST CONVICTED KILLER-COP AMBER GUYGER
Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel: "The suspicious circumstances of Mr. Brown’s killing should cause great alarm and demand an immediate and piercing inquiry. We echo Allison Jean’s…
Gun Massacres, White Supremacy and President Trump’s Racist Demonization of Fellow Americans
Donald Trump. Photo: Gage Skidmore--Flickr This is a defining moment in our country. The epidemic of mass gun violence and the rise of violent white supremacy have created…