Monday, May 13, 2013 | news
Writing in The Root, Vincent Southerland, Senior Counsel in LDF’s Criminal Justice Project, urges policy makers to use the opportunity presented by the US Supreme Court’s decision in Miller v. Alabama to treat children convicted of crimes fairly. In Miller, the Court recognized what we all know and understand: Age matters. Children are immature and […]
Monday, April 8, 2013 | news
“LDF fought for the passage of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Right Act, and while we as a society have achieved real progress for African Americans in the workplace, African Americans still face significant obstacles to equal employment opportunities–many of the obstacles are structural” ReNika Moore, Director of LDF’s Economic Justice Group, discusses with Bloomberg […]
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 | news
Yesterday, NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill participated in a White House meeting with President Barack Obama Vice President Joe Biden, representatives from law enforcement organizations, youth leaders, local elected officials and members of the faith community. The meeting comes on the heels of protests around the nation and a renewed […]
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | page
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Thursday, February 17, 2022 | page
LDF At Selma The Voting Rights March of 1965 The Selma to Montgomery March proved to be a turning point in our nation’s history. Black civil rights leaders and demonstrators from across the South gathered in Alabama to demand their right to vote and participate fully in our democracy. What unfolded on the Edmund Pettus […]
Friday, February 21, 2020 | page
LDF at Selma Williams v. Wallace LDF’s Work Defending Selma Foot Soldiers PROTECTING SELMA MARCHERS LDF played a pivotal role in ensuring the marchers were able to proceed which the Selma to Montgomery march as planned following the events of Bloody Sunday when Alabama police attacked marchers on the Edmund Pettus bridge. LDF and cooperating […]
Saturday, March 5, 2022 | ldf-perspectives
Friday, February 21, 2020 | page
LDF at Selma The Selma To Montgomery March History of the Voting Rights March of 1965 Selma Campaign Bloody Sunday The March Voting Rights Act Before The March At the end of 1961, the focus of the civil rights movement began to shift. Dr. King stated, “The central front is that of suffrage. If we […]
Friday, February 21, 2020 | page
LDF at the 55th Selma Jubilee February 28, 2020 – March 1, 2020 LDF Unity Dinner and Community Listening Session Alongside the Alabama Civic Engagement (ACE) Coalition, LDF hosted a community dialogue where litigators connected with community organizers, entrepreneurs, lobbyists, students, and other leaders to discuss collective action. Many attendees were formerly-incarcerated persons who now lead […]
Thursday, June 24, 2021 | news
Today, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Associate Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Elections. The focus is on the threats to voting rights since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision 2013 decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder and LDF’s efforts to […]