LeBron James’ More Than A Vote Initiative Has Recruited More Than 10,000 Poll Workers and Counting
LeBron James' voting rights organization, More than a Vote, launched a "We Got Next" campaign less than two weeks ago to help recruit poll workers....
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Black Texas Teen Suspended Over Locs Wins Lawsuit Against School
A Texas-based teenager celebrated a victory when a court ruled that he could keep his dreadlocks, which his high school suspended him for earlier this...
Protesters Sue The City of Philadelphia For Military-Force Police Violence During Protests
Three civil rights lawsuits were filed in Philadelphia earlier this week accusing the city of using military-level force that injured several protesters...
Black Woman Loses Job Over Dreadlocks, Petitions Supreme Court
An African American woman who was denied a job after she refused to cut her dreadlocks is trying to take her case to the U.S....
Race in College Admissions: LDF and MALDEF Respond to Fisher v. University of Texas Decision
Race in college admissions is on the docket at the Supreme Court--examining whether or not the use of race as one factor among many is...
Every Student Succeeds Act Becomes Law
The House and Senate have passed the Every Student Succeeds Act, and President Obama has already announced that he will sign the bill into law,...
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges Court to Count All People in State Redistricting
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund supports retaining current legislative processes and not redistricting schemes that threaten total legislative representation....
Black Students Expelled at a Higher Rate in 13 Southern States
An analysis shows black students expelled in 13 Southern states at rates higher than those of other students and sometimes higher than their representation....
NAACP Legal Defense Honors Late President with Fellowship for Lawyers
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund launches new fellowship program to honor late president John Payton...
60 Years Later: Sherrilyn Ifill On the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education
President of NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund talks the anniversary of Brown's decision and the work that still needs to be done...