Friday, September 2, 2022 | news
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Days after declaring a State of Emergency for democracy in the United States, the nation’s top civil rights leaders met with President Biden at the White House today to urge the administration to embolden voting rights, improve economic opportunities, and advance civil rights. On Sunday, the 59th anniversary of the March on […]
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 | news
National Civil Rights Leaders Issue Letter to San Bernardino County District Attorney Demanding Termination of Deputy District Attorney Over Biased Statements Leaders Also Call for Creation of a Conviction Review Unit to Review All Cases Assigned to the Deputy District Attorney and to Review Policies Established on His Watch Today, a coalition of leading […]
Thursday, January 6, 2022 | news
Contact: LDF Media, 212-965-2200 / media@naacpldf.org Teresa Candori, National Urban League, 212-558-5362, tcandori@nul.org Marc Banks, NAACP, 443-608-4073, dbanks@naacpnet.org Stephen Peters, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 202-466-1887, peters@civilrights.org Rachel Noerdlinger, National Action Network, 212-681-1380, rnoerdlinger@mercuryllc.com Lacy Crawford, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 202-558-7900, lcrawford@lawyerscommittee.org Angelo Greco, The National Coalition on Black […]
Friday, May 4, 2018 | news
Today the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the ACLU Foundation, the National Fair Housing Alliance, the Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC), AARP and eight fair housing organizations filed a motion seeking leave to file a “friend of the court,” amicus curiae brief in City of Miami v. […]
Monday, September 12, 2022 | news
WASHINGTON, DC (September 12, 2022) – The nation’s top civil rights leaders, reproductive rights and justice organizations met with Vice President Kamala Harris today to discuss the harmful impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the ongoing threat to our democracy. This meeting stems from a […]
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 | news
For decades, LDF has advocated for equal educational opportunities. However, too many African American and other students of color and low-income students are being targeted for recruitment by for-profit institutions, encouraged to incur high amounts of debt, and left without the credentials to obtain gainful employment – which undermines the very essence of equal educational […]
Thursday, February 29, 2024 | news
Today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard Durbin and Senator Raphael Warnock reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) in the United States Senate. The legislation will protect voters from discrimination and strengthen democracy for all Americans. Similar legislation was reintroduced in the U.S. House in September 2023. In response, LDF President and […]
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 | news
Natasha Merle joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) as a LDF/Fried Frank Fellow in January of 2016. Natasha spent the first two years of her fellowship as a litigation associate in the New York office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where she handled a variety of complex commercial and […]
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 | news
The Breach: Fighting Trump’s Efforts to Suppress the Vote Natasha Merle joins Rewire host Lindsay Beyerstein to discuss how false allegations of voter fraud are being used to suppress the votes of communities of color. LDF joined Ordinary People Society in filing a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s handpicked electoral commission for intentional discrimination […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Natasha Merle joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) in January of 2016. She uses litigation, legislative, policy, and public education strategies to promote racial justice primarily in the areas of criminal justice, political participation and educational opportunities. Natasha is lead counsel in LDF et al. v. Trump et al., an ongoing lawsuit […]
