Friday, November 2, 2018 | news
BOSTON – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) made closing statements today in the federal trial that seeks to eliminate race as one of many factors used in Harvard’s holistic admissions process, threatening diversity at the college. “Harvard’s diversity puts students in an environment where people of different backgrounds stop being faceless […]
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will deliver post-trial arguments today in the federal trial that threatens to end the consideration of race in Harvard’s admissions process, jeopardizing diversity at the college. The final hearing comes after LDF submitted its proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in early January, urging […]
Saturday, May 17, 2014 | news
Today, on the 60th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the NAACP has announced that Cornell William Brooks will become its 18th national President and Chief Executive Officer. “With today being the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education … I’m a graduate of Yale […]
Friday, June 27, 2003 | case-update
Reacting to the Supreme Court decision in favor of affirmative action, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) said at an audio news conference on Wednesday that a ffirmative action is not in danger. LDF hailed the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Michigan affirmative action cases as a victory. Elaine R. Jones, President and […]
Monday, February 22, 2010 | case-update
LDF defends job applicant rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (New York, NY) — John Payton, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) presented oral argument today before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of a class of six thousand African Americans who were denied […]
Monday, August 17, 2009 | case-update
(New York, NY) – Today, a federal district court upheld the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) consideration of race in student admissions. Fisher v. Texas is the first federal court challenge to the use of race in university admissions since the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision, where the United States Supreme Court declared that universities can take account […]
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (LDF) strongly praised U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement today that Vanita Gupta has been appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Justice Department. Vanita is currently Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU and Director of its Center […]
Friday, October 19, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation’s oldest civil rights legal organization, is pleased to announce the addition of Christine Gregory as its new chief operating officer and Lisa Cylar Barrett as senior policy counsel, as well as several recent changes in its litigation department. Jin Hee Lee is now senior deputy director of Litigation, Leah Aden is now […]
Friday, November 9, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined national, Tulsa, and Baton Rouge-based civil rights leaders and stakeholders today in a letter to the Southeastern Homicide Investigators Association (SEHIA), opposing the group’s decision to invite the officer who killed Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man, to headline its annual conference next week in […]
Monday, April 21, 2014 | case-update
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the NAACP (two separate entities) have jointly filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Bostic v. Schaefer, a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that seeks to overturn Virginia’s marriage ban. The groups call for marriage equality for lesbians and gay men by invoking the principles […]
