Thursday, July 28, 2011 | news
A statement by the ACLU of Michigan, Detroit Branch NAACP, the Michigan State Conference NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), and the national ACLU. The ACLU, NAACP and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) announced today that they oppose the Michigan Attorney General’s request to convene a special 16-judge panel to […]
Thursday, November 29, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Florida today filed an administrative complaint with the Florida Department of Education on behalf of the family of Clinton (C.J.) Stanley Jr., a six-year-old African-American boy who was enrolled at A Book’s Christian Academy in Apopka, Florida. […]
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 | news
Detroit – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and the Michigan Poverty Law Program filed a federal class action lawsuit against Vision Property Management (Vision). The lawsuit was filed on behalf of financially challenged Detroit- and Flint-area […]
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, and the law firm of Covington & Burlington LLP submitted an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs-appellants in Howard v. Detroit, a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit concerning the rights of […]
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 | news
On Monday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), along with the ACLU, the ACLU of Texas, and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the anti-discrimination statutes that incorporate its remedies, permit […]
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 | page
2024 Year in Review https://youtu.be/E-lzOpArP0A Take a look at how we rose to new heights to meet unprecedented challenges in 2024! A Noble Calling for American Democracy A Message from LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson Read More Thurgood Marshall Institute Report Attack on Our Power and Dignity: What Project 2025 Means for Black Communities […]
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 | page
LDF Year in Review 2021 Political Participation⟶ Criminal Justice⟶ Economic Justice⟶ Education⟶ On the heels of a tumultuous year, 2021 brought its own set of changes, challenges, and triumphs. In a year that began with a violent insurrection at our nation’s capital, LDF remained undeterred in the fight to protect our democracy in the face […]
Tuesday, December 22, 2015 | news
In 2015 an extended national crisis in racial justice reconfirmed the need for visionary leadership in the fight for racial equality. For the past 75 years, whenever the call for civil rights leadership rang out, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has stepped up. We have pushed for change in the courts […]
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) wrote a letter to Harris County Clerk and Chief Election Officer Diane Trautman over concerns surrounding the extremely long lines seen at polling places during the 2020 Texas Democratic primary. Black people and other people of color were disproportionately affected by these obstacles, as the […]
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 | news
Last month the NAACP Legal Defense Fund wrote the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to urge the commission to update its policy statement regarding the use of arrest and conviction records in employment screenings.
