New post from the NAACP: Civil Rights Leaders Issue Statement on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy and the Supreme Court’s Critical Role in Protecting Civil Rights by Marc Banks

For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 24, 2020                                     Contacts Phoebe Plagens, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., 212.965.2235, pplagens@naacpldf.org Don Owens, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 202.934-1880, dowens@lawyerscommittee.org Marc Banks, NAACP, 443.608.4073, dbanks@naacpnet.org Rachel Noerdlinger, National Action Network, 212.681.1380, rnoerdlinger@mercuryllc.com Lon Walls, The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, 301.996.1669, lwalls@wallscomm.com Teresa Candori, National Urban League, 212.558.5362, tcandori@nul.org…

New post from the NAACP: NAACP Denounces Decision to Indict One Police Officer in Connection to the Murder of Breonna Taylor by Marc Banks

Washington, D.C. — The NAACP released the following statement regarding Louisville city official’s decision to indict one police officer in connection with the murder of Breonna Taylor: The injustice we’re witnessing at this moment can be sensed throughout the nation. Kentucky’s Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s failure to bring substantial charges against the officers who murdered…