Biden’s Win Means A Civil Rights Lawyer Will Lead Civil Rights Enforcement
Photo: Lawyers’s Committee Civil rights lawyer and champion Kristen Clarke will be one of the new faces of the Justice…
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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…
NAACP’S Legal Defense Fund Mourns Loss of John Lewis
[John Lewis\NAACP\LDF] Sherrilyn Ifill: “I don’t know of another leader in this country with the moral standing of Rep. John…
Review: My Life, My Love, My Legacy–Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King. Photo Wikimedia Commons/Warren K. Leffler Review: My Life, My Love, My Legacy Coretta Scott King As…
Tribute: My Friend Dr. John Maguire, Dr. King’s Ally, Was a Brave and Happy Warrior for Justice
Marian Wright Edelman, John Maguire and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1961 at Wesleyan University My dear friend…
Rigged: Ending Racial Bias in Jury Selection
Timothy Foster During the Reconstruction Era, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The act guaranteed all citizens, particularly…
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…
Nuclear Option Clears Path for African American Judge Robert L. Wilkins, And Two Women
Judge Wilkins Even before President Barack Obama entered the White House, Rush Limbaugh, a conservative radio personality, hoped the President…
Judge Scheindlin’s Stop-and-Frisk Ruling Means Black And Latino Officers Also Racially Targeting
Bloomberg, shown with Commissioner Kelly, was dealt a blow by Scheindlin ruling [Pardon My Rant] It was 12:10pm on a…
Blacks, Gays, and Justice
What’s becoming of Dr. King’s dream? [LAW OF THE LAND] On his long march for voting rights Dr. Martin Luther…