NAACP Legal Defense Fund : Defend, Educate, Empower

Much of our nation’s progress toward the Constitutional aspiration of a “more perfect Union” occurred because ordinary people have had ready access to litigate worthy but often novel or difficult-to-prove cases in our courts.  Recently, however, a pair of Supreme Court...

Originally enacted in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Elementary and Second Education Act (ESEA) emphasizes equal access to education for all students and is the most expansive federal education legislation in history.  The ESEA has been reauthorized numerous times, most recently...

In September 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau released updated data on annual income for all demographics.  Unfortunately, the figures show that equal pay for African-American women remains an uphill struggle.  Women of color still suffer from significant pay disparities not only between...

Through its own advocacy and leadership of the national fair housing coalition, LDF is urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to issue regulations in several different areas of fair housing.  These regulations would significantly improve enforcement of the Fair Housing Act,...

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has always been committed to strong and robust enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.  Toward that end, we have urged Congress to pass the Housing Fairness Act of 2009, H.R. 476.  This legislation would broadly expand proven and effective...

On May 7, 2012, LDF participated in a White House event addressing the vacancy crisis in the federal judiciary and the corresponding need to confirm nominees to the federal bench.  The event included over 150 advocates, lawyers and community leaders from 27 states and many national...