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LDF Continues to Challenge Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

LDF Continues to Challenge Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will appear before a federal appeals court on Friday to challenge Alabama’s voter photo ID law and ask the court to send this case back to the District Court for […]

LDF Continues Leading Charge to Remove Paladino from Buffalo School Board

Read a PDF of our statement here.  NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Continues Leading Charge to Remove Paladino from Buffalo School Board In the latest chapter in its effort to remove Carl Paladino from the Board of Education of the Buffalo School District, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund has filed a legal […]

LDF Continues Fight to Defend Voting Rights Act

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Presents Oral Argument in Defense of Section 5 of the VRA (New York, NY) – Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) presented oral argument in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, a case challenging a core provision of the Voting Rights Act known as Section […]

LDF Continues Discussion about Events Taking Place in the Trial’s Aftermath on NewsNation

LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill discusses with Tamron Hall the events taking place in the trial’s aftermath.

LDF Connect – November 2016

LDF Congratulates Wes Moore on Inauguration as Maryland’s First Black Governor

Today, Wes Moore, former combat veteran, successful author, and CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, will be sworn in as the 63rd governor of Maryland. Moore becomes the state’s first Black governor and the nation’s third, following in the footsteps of former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder and former LDF attorney and Massachusetts governor Deval […]

LDF Congratulates the 117th Congress and Congressional Black Caucus

Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement on the swearing in of the 117th Congress and the Congressional Black Caucus. “LDF congratulates the members of the 117th Congress and Speaker Pelosi on her fourth term as House Speaker. We also extend our […]

LDF Congratulates Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Historic Election as House Minority Leader

Today, House Democrats elected New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as House Minority Leader for the upcoming 118th Congress. With this historic vote, Rep. Jeffries becomes the first Black person to serve as a congressional party leader in either chamber for either major party in American history. In response to the vote, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) […]

LDF Congratulates Laphonza Butler on Historic Appointment as the First Black Lesbian Woman and Third Black Woman to Serve as a U.S. Senator

Today, Laphonza Butler was sworn-in to the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who passed away last week at 90. Ms. Butler, who previously served as president of Emily’s List, is also a labor leader, political strategist, and an advocate for women and working people. She is now the sole Black […]

LDF Congratulates Kristen Clarke, Named as New President and Executive Director of National Lawyers’ Committee

The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF) congratulates the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL) on selecting Kristen Clarke as its President and Executive Director. LDF and LCCRUL have worked collaboratively for decades to promote racial justice in the courts and the halls of Congress, particularly around ensuring full political participation […]