Friday, January 15, 2021 | news
Last week, the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) terminated Detectives Joshua Jaynes and Myles Cosgrove, two of the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. In response, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is once again calling on Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron to appoint a special prosecutor and empanel […]
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners on behalf of Black Voters Matter (“BVM”), to alert them that an unacceptable act of voter intimidation – potentially violating several laws – took place in Jefferson County on Monday, October 15. According to our […]
Monday, January 14, 2019 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the presidents of Huntsville, Alabama’s City Council and Board of Education urging them to alter Huntsville’s district configuration, which currently denies Black voters fair representation on the school board. The Alabama NAACP and Huntsville NAACP joined with LDF in raising concerns […]
Friday, October 12, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today sent a letter to Brian Kemp, the Georgia Secretary of State and Republican gubernatorial candidate, urging him to recuse himself from any involvement in Georgia’s voter registration process for the remainder of the 2018 campaign. The letter cites Georgia laws that require public officials “to be independent […]
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 | news
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), along with Black Voters Matter Fund, Georgia Muslim Voter Project, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (“NAPAWF”), Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (“GALEO”), Barred Business, Rep Georgia Institute Inc. (Rep. GA), Georgia STAND-UP, Women Watch Afrika, Inc., Georgia Equality, Protect the Vote GA, and Migrant Equity Southeast sent a […]
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and the NAACP Florida State Conference (“FSC”) sent a letter to Florida senators expressing opposition to S.B. 90 and urging senators to vote no on the restrictive voting bill. S.B. 90 would impose unnecessary barriers and burdens that will disproportionately impact and other voters of […]
Friday, November 8, 2019 | news
Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission in support of a complaint filed by Florida State Senator Bobby Powell, Jr. against Judge John S. Kastrenakes of the 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida for violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. The letter requests […]
Thursday, April 4, 2019 | news
Yesterday the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), along with the Florida State Conference of the NAACP, submitted a letter urging the Florida House of Representatives’ State Affairs Committee to oppose House Bill 7089. This morning, the Committee will be holding a hearing on the bill, which is written to significantly undermine Amendment […]
Friday, April 23, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and the NAACP Florida State Conference (“FSC”) sent a letter to the Florida House of Representatives expressing opposition to H.B. 7041, and urging them to vote no on the restrictive voting bill. Earlier this week, LDF sent a letter expressing opposition to Florida’s S.B. 90, […]
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today sent a letter to the Florida Department of Education informing it that a number of private schools receiving federal scholarship funds have dress code policies that are potentially discriminatory against Black students. The policies prohibit hairstyles commonly worn by African American students. In doing so, they violate […]
