Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | page
We Were Built for this How LDF is fighting back against the Trump Administration to protect civil rights and our multiracial democracy. LDF is ready for this fight The Trump administration has made it clear through the Project 2025 agenda and executive action that their focus is weakening civil rights protections. For 85 years, the Legal […]
Thursday, April 29, 2021 | page
“We Are Not Lesser” An Urgent Call To End Over-Policing Of Black Communities And Transform Public Safety In Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma’s history of racial bias and violence against its Black residents reaches back to the 1921 Greenwood Massacre, which decimated the city’s thriving Black community of Greenwood and resulted in the killing of at […]
Friday, May 7, 2021 | issue-report
“We Are Not Lesser” draws on official data and the testimony and accounts provided by Tulsa residents at multiple public convenings from June through September of 2019. The report calls for the city to remedy the Tulsa Police Department’s disparate enforcement practices against Black Tulsans and invest in services and programs that would reduce its […]
Monday, May 21, 2018 | page
Home Ways to Give Ways to Give A Commitment to the Future of LDF Donate Now Give Monthly Thank you for considering the different ways you can support LDF and our critical work. LDF offers several innovative ways to support our work that add to your financial well-being while also potentially increasing the value of […]
Thursday, July 4, 2019 | issue-report
We cannot talk about the water affordability crisis without centering the conversation on its disproportionate racial impact,” said Low-income families of color are being forced out of their homes because of rapidly rising water prices. Although there have been important strides in recognizing that access to water is a human right, few studies have explored […]
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 | news
Detroit’s bankruptcy judge is being asked to extend a moratorium on water shut-offs scheduled to resume Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund are consulting on a motion filed Sunday asking U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Rhodes to block the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department from resuming the shutoffs. A month ago, human […]
Monday, June 1, 2020 | news
The leaders of this virtual press conference and their organizations are: Melanie L. Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law Vanita Gupta, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Sherrilyn Ifill, […]
Thursday, September 8, 2016 | news
UMB-NAACP Legal Defense Fund Town Hall on Policing Reform in Baltimore Last night, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) co-sponsored a community town hall on policing reform with the Honorable Elijah E. Cummings and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law to begin to answer a tough question: how to […]
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | page
Together We Can End Inequality The PBS series “The Supreme Court” looks at the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education:
Friday, November 15, 2013 | news
Filmmaker Charles Nuckolls‘ film about LDF’s work over this past year premiered at our annual National Equal Justice Dinner. In particular, it highlighted our ongoing work to protect all Americans’ right to vote. In the film, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King, Rep. John Lewis, and Rep. Joaquin Castro all offered testimony on behalf of LDF’s efforts. [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN0W2IlX4OY […]
