Tuesday, February 19, 2013 | news
Don’t let Sandy become another Katrina: Opinion The first allocations of the $50.5 billion in federal Hurricane Sandy relief aid, approved late last month, are headed the Northeast’s way. The announcements were welcome news to people still struggling in Sandy’s aftermath, but if policymakers aren’t careful, they could bungle relief efforts in ways we haven’t […]
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 | news
LDF attorney Damon Hewitt discussed LDF’s latest advocacy efforts to dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline live on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show with correspondent Roland Martin. The discussion highlighted LDF’s recent advocacy efforts, including an historic consent decree on school discipline issues in the long-standing Barnhardt v. Meridian Municipal Separate School District school […]
Monday, March 25, 2013 | news
NAACP LDF Assistant Counsel Natasha Korgaonkar recently appeared on “Here and Now with Sandra Bookman” to discuss the current challenge to the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. With LDF defending the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act on behalf of six African-American voters, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in […]
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) launched a new voting rights microsite that serves as an online hub for LDF’s multiple streams of voting rights work. This work is especially important this year, as COVID-19 has led to various changes in state elections rules. The microsite features LDF’s two voter education […]
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced Black Voters on the Rise – an interdisciplinary initiative that works to defend and advance the rights of Black voters and the promise of a free and fair democracy throughout the full life cycle of the democratic process. The launch comes as the country recognizes the anniversary of […]
Thursday, August 13, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released Community Oversight of Police Union Contracts, a comprehensive toolkit to support police accountability advocates and activists in engaging in police union contract discussions. The toolkit can be downloaded here. Police union contracts frequently contain provisions that shield officers from discipline and create barriers to […]
Monday, September 13, 2010 | news
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), announced the official launch of its redesigned website, www.www.naacpldf.org. LDF, which is celebrating its 70th year, launches the new site in an effort to educate the public and other stakeholders on its historic and continued fight for racial justice. “Given […]
Thursday, October 5, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Launches National “Reclaim Your Vote” Campaign to Combat Voter Suppression The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is launching Reclaim Your Vote, a national voter education and registration campaign in direct response to voter suppression tactics designed to disenfranchise voters of color. “Never has there […]
Monday, January 18, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) launched the groundbreaking Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP), an innovative educational and training opportunity that will produce the next generation of civil rights attorneys to serve Black communities in the South. As LDF celebrates its 80th anniversary year, the new scholarship and pipeline program builds upon […]
Friday, November 5, 2010 | news
(New York) – With the mid-term elections behind us, the nation’s attention is now turned to redistricting which will commence in many places around the country following the release of 2010 Census data. Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced the launch of an important public education program — Redrawing the […]
