Monday, February 22, 2021 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined 58 organizations in urging the United States Senate to confirm Judge Merrick Garland as Attorney General of the United States. The letter sent to the Senate highlights the dire need for a course correction at the Justice Department and the need for an Attorney General […]
Friday, March 9, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Organizations Urge HUD To Keep Anti-Discrimination Language In Mission Statement The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is among 573 civil rights organizations and advocates alarmed over reports this week announcing that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) intends to remove references […]
Monday, March 16, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the Leadership Conference, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in writing a letter to Congress, United States governors, and state election officials to adopt key policies to ensure both the public’s safety and the orderly conduct of the […]
Thursday, May 25, 2023 | news
PRESS CONTACTS Ella Wiley (Legal Defense Fund) ewiley@naacpldf.org Niambé Tomlinson (National Urban League) NTomlinson@nul.org Paige Censale (Haitian Bridge Alliance) info@haitianbridge.org Anna Núñez (Southern Poverty Law Center) anna.nunez@splcenter.org Today, as first reported by The Hill, a coalition of prominent civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Administration calling on President Biden to take all actions […]
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 | case-update
(New Orleans, LA) – Today, African-American homeowners and two civil rights organizations announced a settlement in a post-Hurricane Katrina housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the “Road Home” program. The suit alleged that the formula used to allocate grants to homeowners […]
Friday, September 9, 2022 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund and a coalition of civil rights and fair housing organizations sent a letter to the White House, Congress, and HUD calling for comprehensive appraisal reform to ensure fair valuation of homes. The recommendations will address the systemic failures of the nation’s property valuation system, which continue to stifle wealth creation […]
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | news
Today, LDF sent a letter with other civil rights organizations calling on Congress to pass an expanded child tax credit (CTC) focused on helping children in low-income families as part of any year-end legislation. Redlining, credit discrimination, lack of investment in education and affordable housing, and other longstanding, systemic problems have limited economic opportunity for families of color and created a persistent […]
Friday, August 11, 2023 | news
Civil rights organizations sent a letter to every K-12 superintendent in Texas today urging them to update their policies to be compliant with the Texas Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act (“Texas CROWN Act”). The Texas CROWN Act amends the Texas Education Code to prohibit racial discrimination based on students’ hair […]
Thursday, May 28, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, NAACP, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, National Urban League, and National Action Network in sending a letter to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Chief of Police Medaria Arradondo urging them to keep communities safe during this time of […]
Thursday, September 23, 2021 | news
Leading civil rights organizations released the following joint statement after bipartisan negotiations around the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act were ended: “It is absolutely unacceptable that more than a year after George Floyd was killed and millions took to the streets worldwide to demand an end to police brutality and the systemic criminalization of […]
