Thursday, August 21, 2025 | careers
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is the country’s first and foremost civil and human rights law organization. Founded in 1940 under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall, who subsequently became the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, LDF was launched at a time when the nation’s aspirations for equality and due process […]
Monday, November 8, 2021 | page
Justice In Public Safety Project Community Organizing Litigation Policy Advocacy Research Strategic Communications Since 1940, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has worked to end racialized police violence and promote police accountability across the nation. LDF founder Thurgood Marshall represented one of the “Groveland Four,” who were four Black men falsely accused of raping a white […]
Friday, November 2, 2018 | news
Justice Equality Democracy The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) held its 32nd Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner, Justice Equality Democracy, on Thursday, November 1st at The Ziegfeld Theater in New York City. In addition to paying tribute to the tremendous work LDF has done in the past year to defend civil […]
Monday, November 23, 2020 | page
Justice in Public Safety Project Justice Denied: An Overview of the Grand Jury Proceedings in the Breonna Taylor Case In March 2020, Louisville Metro Police Department (“LMPD”) officers shot and killed Breonna Taylor, an unarmed Black woman, daughter, and Emergency Room Technician, in her home while executing a search warrant. The deaths of Ms. Taylor […]
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 | issue-report
Our review of the available materials has led us to conclude that the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office presented to this grand jury a biased view of the case that favored the law enforcement officers who killed Ms. Taylor, and departed from the manner in which other cases had been presented to this grand jury by […]
Thursday, August 16, 2012 | news
The picture of who will be the Louisiana Supreme Court’s next chief justice may be muddy, but one aspect is perfectly clear: When it comes to the public portion of the fight, Justice Bernette Johnson is winning. Although it’s strictly an administrative issue, Johnson’s quest to become the state’s first African-American chief jurist has taken on the air […]
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 | nejad
Click here for a recap of NEJAD 2019. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will hold its 33rd Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner, Justice Above All, on Thursday, November 7th at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. In addition to paying tribute to the tremendous work LDF has done in […]
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | page
From Emancipation to Empowerment Juneteenth’s Enduring Connection to Voting Rights By Lindsey Norward Senior Staff Writer Etched into history, Juneteenth traces its origins back to June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas when, a full two and a half years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army read […]
Monday, June 7, 2021 | page
Thank you for sharing your stories! We created a video tapestry that showcases the special ways we celebrate and remember Juneteenth. Check it out here. The historic Juneteenth holiday, a commemoration of the end of slavery, is a day when Black communities honor our past, present, and future. More than a century and a half […]
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 | page
Celebrating Juneteenth The historic Juneteenth holiday, a commemoration of the end of slavery, is a day when Black communities honor our past, present, and future. More than a century and a half later, we continue to celebrate our collective history and power. Juneteenth — now officially recognized as a federal holiday — offers us a […]
