NEW YORK, May 13 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of former board member and trailblazing federal Judge Damon J. Keith, who passed away on April 28th at the age of 96. Over the course of his remarkable career, Judge Keith wrote key decisions in cases that spanned the breadth of civil rights, including rulings that made real the promises of the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following speech, which was published in the Congressional Record on May 14, celebrating the life and legacy of Judge Damon J. Keith: It is with great honor that I rise today to recognize the Honorable Judge Damon J. Keith for his leadership and tremendous contributions to the civil rights movement, and to honor his memory. Born on July 4th, 1922 in Detroit, Michigan--a fitting birth date for a man who upheld the rights so cheris  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 13 [TNSresearch] -- RTI International issued the following news release: RTI International President and CEO E. Wayne Holden met with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Friday to discuss their joint efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) under the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) new flagship program Act to End NTDs | East. RTI is a global leader in the control and elimination of NTDs. For 20 years, the institute has supported the pl  more