Tuesday, September 26, 2017 | news
TRIBUTE: Opal E. Bond, LDF Office Administrator from 1981-2015 LDF mourns the passing of our dear friend and beloved former colleague, Mrs. Opal Bond. Mrs. Bond was a treasured member of LDF’s administrative team, serving for more than three decades in our Washington, D.C. office, from 1981 to 2015. She most recently served as our […]
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 | news
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Board member Charles Renfrew died on December 14, 2017. Renfrew was a former federal judge and Deputy Attorney General of the United States, as well as a highly regarded corporate in-house and private practice attorney. “Judge Renfrew was an extraordinary advocate for justice and equality,” said […]
Monday, May 1, 2023 | page
LDF Tribute to Harry Belafonte 1927 – 2023 Harry Belafonte was a renowned social activist, artist, and actor whose exemplary work as a humanitarian and civil rights activist made an indelible mark on the world. Belafonte died at his home in Manhattan, New York on April 25, 2023. He was 96 years old. “We mourn […]
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | news
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal court in South Carolina heard closing arguments today in a major voting rights case challenging the state’s new congressional map. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of South Carolina, Arnold & Porter Bryant Legal, LLC., and General Counsel’s Office of the NAACP filed a second […]
Monday, April 8, 2024 | news
SHREVEPORT, LA. – A crucial test of the movement toward equal voting rights will unfold at a hearing and trial to be held from April 8 to 10 at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Shreverport, La. The case being heard, Callais v. Landry, will determine the fate of Louisiana’s […]
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 | news
Trial in Baton Rouge is the Culmination of a Nearly 30-Year Battle for Voting Rights for Black People At a time when voting rights are under attack across the country, lawyers from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund are in a Louisiana court again this week challenging the blatant disenfranchisement of Black people. This crucial yet […]
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 | news
District attorney’s offices in New York City have generally supported the Police Department — or kept quiet about their reservations — during the escalating battle over the department’s stop-and-frisk program, under which hundreds of thousands of citizens are stopped every year, often for no reason. But a hearing under way in Federal District Court in […]
Thursday, July 9, 2020 | staff
Tré Murphy is the Director of Community Organizing for the Legal Defense Fund. Prior to serving in this role, he served as the Field Organizer at the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland. Mr. Murphy has over a decade of community organizing experience at the local, state, and federal levels. As a native of Baltimore, MD, […]
Thursday, December 27, 2018 | post
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | page
Litigation Tracker LDF is Suing Trump and His Administration LDF has been fighting back against the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken civil rights and erode our democracy since day one. 7 lawsuits filed against the Trump administration 5 court orders blocking actions by the administration granted by federal judges Case name About Issues Status Barbara […]
