Thursday, March 23, 2017 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to Attorney General Jeff Sessions urging him to address the uptick in race-based hate crimes across the country and, in particular, the brutal murder of Timothy Caughman in New York by admitted white supremacist and terrorist James Harris Jackson. LDF’s President and […]
Monday, December 2, 2024 | news
Today, LDF sent a letter urging the Atlanta City Council to reject Resolution 24-R-4518 which recommends ill-conceived changes to the OIG’s functions and would impede the Inspector General’s independence and ability to investigate without interference. It is concerning that just three months after the sentencing of an official charged in the federal corruption probe,4 a […]
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter stressing the necessity for school meals to be provided during the COVID-19 pandemic to the Alabama State Superintendent of Education, State Board of Education, Department of Human Resources Commissioner, among other Alabama state leaders. The letter urges their respective offices to provide […]
Monday, January 8, 2018 | news
LDF Urges Alabama Secretary of State’s Office to Prevent Voting Issues in Future Elections Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a response letter to Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill. In the letter, LDF urges his office to take concrete and specific steps to address the issues that were reported […]
Monday, May 22, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. Last week, the Alabama State Legislature passed the Definition of Moral Turpitude Act, a bill that would restore the right to vote to thousands of citizens, including many people who have fully served their sentences. Currently, Alabama law does not define which felonies involve ‘moral turpitude,’ resulting in the […]
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Urges 11th Circuit to Give Plaintiffs Day in Court in Challenge to Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Covington & Burling, LLP, and local counsel Mitch McGuire have filed an appeal today of the U.S. District Court’s decision […]
Thursday, March 5, 2015 | news
As we approach the 50thAnniversary of Bloody Sunday, we are proud to showcase a key, historical document from LDF’s archives about its role in the march from Selma to Montgomery. On March 16, 1965, LDF attorneys Jack Greenberg, Norman Amaker, Charles H. Jones, and James Nabrit, along with cooperating law firm Gray & Seay of […]
Thursday, March 17, 2016 | news
March 20, 2016, marks the 76th anniversary of the incorporation of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). Thurgood Marshall, LDF’s founder and, later, the nation’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice, drafted LDF’s corporate charter on a yellow pad of paper more than 70 years ago — a simple beginning to what would […]
Monday, November 4, 2024 | news
LDF Tribute to Quincy Jones Music Legend and Former LDF Board Member 1933 – 2024 It is with heartfelt gratitude that we honor the life and legacy of Quincy Jones, a legendary music icon and humanitarian. Mr. Jones graciously served on LDF’s Board of Directors for more than three decades, during which his leadership, time, […]
Saturday, July 18, 2020 | news
Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) is photographed in his offices in the Canon House office building on March 17, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Today, LDF mourns the loss of The Honorable John Lewis, an esteemed member of Congress and revered civil rights icon with whom our organization has a deeply personal history. Mr. Lewis passed away […]
