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LDF is Urging Moratoriums During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fighting for Moratoriums on Shut-Offs, Foreclosures, & Evictions during the COVID-19 Pandemic Black people are dying from COVID-19 at a disproportionately high rate. While underlying and pre-existing conditions are part of the cause, ongoing statewide practices like foreclosures, evictions, and utility shut-offs that place people at much higher risk of contracting COVID-19 are also to blame. […]

LDF is thrilled to receive award from FALDEF

LDF is honored and humbled to receive an award  from the Filipino American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (FALDEF) at their first Gala and Awards night. We will be named among a host of other individuals and organizations as 2013 Defend, Serve, Educate (DSE) Trailblazer Awardees. DEFEND: Organization: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational FundIndividual: Sanford A. […]

LDF IRS Form 990

LDF IRS Form 990

LDF Intervenes to Defend Settlement in New York City Board of Education Employment Discrimination Suit

On July 6, 2004, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a motion in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York asking the Court to allow nine Black and Latino individuals to intervene to protect their rights as custodians in the New York City public schools. The […]

LDF in Louisiana With Prepared to Vote

The Senate Run-Off Race in Louisiana. It’s Important. On November 8th, millions of Americans went to their local polling precincts and cast ballots in the general election. By the early morning of November 9th, voters knew not only the President-Elect but also who would occupy 99 of the 100 seats in the Senate when the […]

LDF in Education Week on “Echoes of Brown in School Discipline”

Source:  Education Week Leticia Smith-Evans, Interim Director of the Education Practice Group, writes for EdWeek on the recent legal guidanceissued by the DOJ and DOE on school discipline. Responding to the questions of the necessity and projected efficacy of the guidance, Smith-Evans writes “At a time when opportunity gaps exist that largely correlate to a student’s race, the joint […]

LDF Hosts Unity Reception at Brown AME Chapel in Selma on Eve of 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Following stirring remarks by President Barack Obama and Congressman John Lewis near the Edmund Pettus Bridge –  site of one of the most horrific events in American history – LDF hosted a Unity reception at Brown AME Chapel in Selma, Alabama.   The discussion, moderated by Sherrilyn Ifill, introduced some of the behind the scenes […]

LDF Hosts Reception Celebrating the Thurgood Marshall Institute

On Thursday, September 14, 2017, The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) hosted a reception celebrating its Thurgood Marshall Institute and the launch of the Institute’s new website. TMI’s Director, James Cadogan: “This moment demands new focus.  New rigor.  A new willingness to be creative.  To reflect deeply and strategize carefully.” The Insitute  is LDF’s […]

LDF Hosts North Charleston Town Hall Meeting on Policing

(North Charleston, SC) – Six months ago, Walter Scott, an unarmed African-American man, was killed by North Charleston police officer Michael Slager during a routine traffic stop. Next week, community members in North Charleston will gather to discuss their own encounters with police officers and suggestions for improvement as part of a broad effort to […]