Thursday, February 2, 2012 | news
Opposition to Committee Republicans’ draft education proposals continues to mount. Nearly 40 organizations – representing a broad cross section of civil rights, disability, business and education organizations – today come out against the draft bills, calling them a “rollback” that “undermines the core American value of equal opportunity of education.” Referring to the set of […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Monday, June 21, 2021 | staff
Tonya Farrow-Chestnut, Ph.D., is the Data and Senior Research Analyst at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. Prior to joining the LDF, Dr. Farrow-Chestnut was the research consultant for the North Carolina Democratic Party 12th Congressional District Chair. The Chair’s mission: “To make it plain: reach every corner and make sure we show […]
Thursday, December 12, 2024 | board-of-directors
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Monday, January 9, 2023 | staff
Tona Boyd joined the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) in January 2023 as the Associate Director-Counsel, where she will work in partnership with LDF’s eighth President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson and LDF’s senior leadership team to set and execute the strategic direction of the organization’s legal programs, operations, and administration. Tona most recently served as Special […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
On Monday, April 5, 2014, the United States Supreme Court announced that the excessive force lawsuit filed by Washington Nationals baseball player, Robbie Tolan, was improperly dismissed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In reaching this conclusion, the Supreme Court agreed with arguments presented by the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, […]
Sunday, July 23, 2017 | news
Voter Fraud: Myth vs. Reality Join Rev. Al Sharpton as he sits down with David Dunn and Todd Cox to discuss Trump’s voter fraud committee and get the facts straight on the issue.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 | news
At Critical Time for Civil Rights, Key Hire a Powerful Addition to LDF Team The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is proud to announce that Todd A. Cox is joining LDF as the Director of Policy. In this key role, Mr. Cox will lead LDF’s strategic policy initiatives including institutional priorities ranging from policing reform to […]
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | staff
Todd A. Cox is Associate Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund. As one of two Associate Directors-Counsel, Todd works in partnership with LDF’s eighth President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel Samuel Spital, and LDF’s senior leadership team to set and execute the strategic direction of the organization’s policy and external work. Todd assumed the role […]
