“Hope For A New America” Sculpture To Be Unveiled At King Center
Photos: Blank Slate Monument ATLANTA, GA – August 25, 2021 – On Friday, August 27 at 10 a.m. EST the…
Sherrilyn Ifill
Read More
LDF Mourns And Celebrates Civil Rights Icon Bob Moses On His Passing At 86
Photos: YouTube\Twitter The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. mourns the loss and celebrates the life of Robert (“Bob”)…
Civil Rights Leaders Meet With White House on Voting Rights
Photo: Twitter WASHINGTON — The leaders of the nation’s top historic civil rights organizations released the following joint readout on…
Civil Rights Groups Urge Federal Action On Police Accountability
Photos: Lawyers Committee\ACLU (WASHINGTON) – Prominent civil rights group leaders and the family of George Floyd demand that Congress address…
Civil Rights Groups Suing Georgia Over New Sweeping Voter Suppression Law
Photo: YouTube Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit against Georgia’s sweeping new law (which Governor Brian Kemp is shown…
National Civil Rights Leaders Call for Passage of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
Photos: YouTube National Civil rights leaders called on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the George Floyd Justice in…
On Anniversary of Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder NAACP Calls For Passage of George Floyd Policing Act
Photo: YouTube Today, NAACP President Derrick Johnson delivered the following statement on the one year anniversary of the murder of…
Brandon Bernard Was Executed Tonight Despite New Evidence Showing He Didn’t Commit Murder
Photo: YouTube Tonight, in Texas, America’s criminal “justice” system executed a Black man, Brandon Bernard, despite the objections of many…
LDF To Courts: Stop Tonight’s Planned Execution of Brandon Bernard by Trump Administration
Photo: YouTube The following commentary, written by NAACP-LDF president Sherrilyn Ifill, is a plea for the life of Brandon Bernard—who…
Over 1,000 Prominent Black Women to Biden: We Need Black Women in Cabinet
The following letter was sent to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris from over 1,000 prominent Black women arguing…