Thursday, May 30, 2019 | ldf-at-work
Thursday, March 7, 2024 | news
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a hearing entitled: “Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses.” The hearing is the latest in a series of attacks by extremists seeking to dismantle programs that improve campus climate and remove […]
Friday, November 8, 2024 | news
On Thursday, the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board voted to close Fifth Ward Elementary School before the 2025-26 school year. In a proposal, the School Board is calling for the children who currently attend the school to be relocated to East St John Preparatory Academy, a middle school, and LaPlace Elementary, another elementary […]
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), released the following statement in response to the latest allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “It is inconceivable for Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process to continue in light of the latest sexual assault allegations brought against him […]
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement about the completion of the FBI’s investigation of sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “Throughout this process, the Senate majority has withheld crucial information about Judge Kavanaugh’s background. This pattern of obfuscation must […]
Friday, October 5, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement in response to the conviction of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke for the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald, a 17-year-old Black man: “Today a jury found Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of second-degree […]
Friday, May 6, 2016 | news
With the United States Senate set to return from its recess on Monday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has released a comprehensive report examining the civil rights record of Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, who President Obama has nominated […]
Friday, December 1, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Releases Report on the Effects of Implicit Bias in School Discipline for Students of Color The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released a new report today titled, “Locked Out of the Classroom: How Implicit Bias Contributes to Disparities in School Discipline.” The report not only […]
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | news
(New York, New York) – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) released Captive Constituents, a report on prison-based gerrymandering. As the report details, most states and local governments count incarcerated persons as residents of the prison communities where they are housed when drawing election district lines, even though they are not […]
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor and new grand jury to examine the police killing of Breonna Taylor. Last month, a court ordered the release of the audio files of the proceedings in response to a grand juror request. LDF assembled a […]
