Thursday, March 17, 2022 | board-of-directors
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Janai Nelson is President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF). The nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality. LDF was founded in 1940 by legendary civil rights lawyer and the nation’s first Black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, and became a separate organization from the NAACP in […]
Thursday, March 28, 2013 | news
Mr. Nabrit was a longtime lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund who argued for school integration at the Supreme Court. Read the New York Times retrospective on the life of this civil rights icon. Services for Jim Nabrit will be at the Howard University Law School in the Dumbarton Chapel on Monday […]
Sunday, March 24, 2013 | news
UPDATE: Read Jim Nabrit’s obituary in the New York Times The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. mourns the passing, and celebrates the life of James M. Nabrit, III, a true hero of the legal struggle to ensure civil rights for all Americans. Mr. Nabrit passed away in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2013. […]
Friday, January 29, 2016 | news
The U.S. Department of Education announced today that former Board Member of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), James Cole, Jr., will assume the duties of the Deputy Secretary of Education in the U.S. Department of Education. He will also retain his previous position as General Counsel. Among his many new responsibilities, […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Thursday, March 9, 2017 | news
James Cadogan and Melanie Roussell Newman Join LDF in Key Leadership Positions Organization Looks to Expand Communications and Grow Distinctive Thurgood Marshall Institute Brand The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is proud to announce the addition of two new members to its senior management team. “We are thrilled to welcome James Cadogan as the inaugural […]
Monday, November 27, 2023 | staff
Jahdziah joins LDF’s DC office as a Research Associate. Before joining LDF, she worked as a researcher with the Better Life Lab at the New America Foundation. Jahdziah received her Master’s in Public Policy from Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Princeton University. In her spare time, she enjoys frequenting cafes, […]
Monday, April 24, 2023 | news
Contact: Cliff Johnson Phone: 662-915-6863 Email: cliff.johnson@macarthurjustice.org Contact: Mandesha Thornton Phone: 601-352-2269 ext. 147 Email: mthornton@mscenterforjustice.org Contact: Ella Wiley Email: media@naacpldf.org Contact: Neely Mullen Phone: 601-354-3408 Email: comms@aclu-ms.org Lawsuit Says Circuit Judges Must be Elected and CCID Court is Illegitimate JACKSON, Miss. – Today, three Jackson residents filed a lawsuit in the […]
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 | ldf-events
Remembering the life of Jack Greenberg, 2nd Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. September 26th, 2018 Presented by: The Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. “Jack Greenberg, the second director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and its longest-serving leader, never intended […]
