NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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Anonymous Donor’s $40M Gift Funds NAACP Program for New Generation of Civil Rights Lawyers
A huge monetary gift from an anonymous donor has enabled the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) to launch…
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MORIAL: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks
Fifty-seven years to the day after Whitney M. Young stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to declare that…
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Sherrilyn Ifill Talks Politics, Voter Suppression and the Future of America
Over the next few weeks, The Washington Informer will share comments from Black political leaders, grassroots champions for Black equality…
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MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Staying Vigilant on Brown
In this evil climate, we must be more vigilant than ever to make sure that we keep moving forward, not…
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Civil Rights Groups Counter DOJ Attack on Affirmative Action
As millions of students return to school, the nation's Justice Department is beginning an investigation that could potentially sue universities…
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Court Allows Metro Discrimination Case to Proceed
Former Metro employees and job applicants who were terminated or denied positions as a result of what they say is…
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Hillary Clinton Meets with Civil Rights Groups, Black Millennials
By Freddie Allen (NNPA News Wire Managing Editor) A few days before presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton racked up a huge…
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Loretta Lynch to NAACP: ‘Our Work is Not Finished’
By Samaria Bailey Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed the NAACP…
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Group Seeks New Grand Jury in Ferguson Police Shooting Case
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - The NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, citing “grave legal concerns,” is…
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Black Females Lack Leadership Opportunities
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – While Black girls posses high levels of leadership qualities, they…
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