Thursday, July 30, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the chief executives of 20 internet service providers requesting they take decisive action to support educational access for hundreds of thousands of disproportionately Black and Latinx children. These children were unable to fully participate in their school curriculum this past spring […]
Monday, July 28, 2014 | news
On the opinion pages of The Hill, Leslie Proll , director of NAACP LDF’s Washington, D.C. office, calls on incoming House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to make passage of the Voting Rights Act Amendment of 2014 his first order of business. Noting that McCarthy co-chaired the 2012 Congressional pilgrimage to mark the 47th anniversary of Bloody […]
Thursday, March 15, 2018 | news
Following the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February, Florida lawmakers passed a bill that allows armed staff in public schools. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Florida’s sheriffs, school boards, and superintendents urging them to implement the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act in […]
Friday, May 23, 2025 | news
On May 15, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the NAACP sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) urging the agency to uphold its civil rights obligations during and after national disasters. The joint letter focused on the agency’s obligations to Black communities that have faced persistent racial discrimination in federal […]
Friday, March 13, 2020 | news
On March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, further affirming that the virus will likely have a devastating impact on an increasing number of people around the globe for the foreseeable future. While the spread of the virus itself is gravely concerning, the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and other discrimination […]
Monday, April 26, 2021 | news
This morning, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to suspend the distribution of federal funds to law enforcement agencies until the Department of Justice (DOJ) can confirm that the agencies receiving grants and funds from the DOJ are not in violation of the anti-discrimination provisions of Title […]
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 | news
Washington, D.C. – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) calls on Congress to reject the President’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget for the Education Department. The budget drastically cuts funding intended to support the academic achievement of low-income public school students, many of whom are students of color. Among other initiatives, the budget […]
Thursday, May 7, 2020 | news
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson requesting he implement a statewide moratorium on evictions and foreclosures to protect Arkansas’s most vulnerable households facing extreme economic distress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic Arkansas is one of only a handful of states that […]
Monday, April 19, 2021 | case-issue
On April 23, 2021, LDF called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to suspend federal funding to local law enforcement agencies until the Department of Justice can ensure that agencies receiving grants and funding from the DOJ are not violating the anti-discrimination provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Every year, law enforcement agencies […]
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 | news
Today’s determination by the Department of Justice that the Ferguson Police Department has engaged in a pattern and practice of racial discrimination vindicates the on-going advocacy efforts by protesters, civil rights activists and residents of Ferguson for fundamental top-to-bottom change in the city’s law enforcement practices. The killing of African-American teenager Michael Brown by white […]
