Sherrilyn Ifill
NAACP REQUESTS INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPICIOUS MURDER OF JOSHUA BROWN—A KEY WITNESS AGAINST CONVICTED KILLER-COP AMBER GUYGER
[Criminal Justice News\Policing] Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel: “The suspicious circumstances of Mr. Brown’s killing should cause great alarm and demand an immediate ...
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 ...
Justice Kennedy’s Retirement: With anti-Muslim Bigotry affirmed, We Must Act to Protect the Supreme Court
Justice Anthony Kennedy With respect to the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement: This is a monumental moment for our country. The ...
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Condemns New Waffle House Chokehold
Anthony Wall, here pinned, lucky to be alive. This is the kind of Chokehold that killed Eric Garner in New York City. On May ...
Black Leaders Reject AG Jeff Sessions Bid to gut DOJ’s Civil Rights Protections
AG Jeff Sessions–he’s tongue-tied when it’s time to denounce White extremism hate-crimes. Photo Gage Skidmore-Flickr Several African-American civil rights leaders sent a ...
End Inhumane Detroit Water Shut-Off: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Appeals To United Nations
In a letter, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and the ACLU of Michigan call on two United Nations Special Rapporteurs ...
Senate Unfairly Blocks Adegbile’s Confirmation For Having Worked On Mumia’s Defense
Debo Adegbile [Op-Ed] I am deeply disappointed that the United States Senate failed to confirm Debo Adegbile for the position of Assistant Attorney General ...
Attacks Against Debo Adegbile And NAACP LDF Are Unfair
Debo Adegbile [Commentary] Debo Adegbile is an excellent choice to be the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. He is eminently qualified. For ...
Belafonte Adds Voice: Asks New Sentencing Hearing For Death Row Inmate Duane Buck
[Justice Files] Harry Belafonte, the a renowned activist and musician, released a statement on his Facebook page calling for a new, fair sentencing ...
Fingerprinting NYCHA Folks: Mayor Bloomberg Versus Black And Latino Pre-Convicts
The Mayor as PreCog? [Black Star News Editorial] Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to fingerprint residents who live in so-called “housing projects” operated by the ...
