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April 29, 2020
LDF Submits Written Comments on Responsibilities of President’s Commission on Law Enforcement
April 29, 2020
Civil Rights and Education Organizations Release Joint Statement Concerning Equitable Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic School Closures and ...
April 24, 2020
LDF BLOG: It’s Time for the Federal Government to Get Serious About Addressing COVID-19
April 24, 2020
Statement by National Black Faith and Civil Rights Leaders Encouraging Communities to Continue to “Stay at Home” in ...
April 22, 2020
LDF and ACLU File Federal Lawsuit Challenging South Carolina Requirements That Put Voters at Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic
April 21, 2020
COVID-19 in Arkansas State Prisons
April 20, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Rules That State Juries Must Require Unanimous Verdicts for Conviction
April 17, 2020
Over 100 Organizations Write to Congress Outlining Health and Economic Security Priorities Related to COVID-19 Pandemic
April 16, 2020
LDF Mourns the Loss of Robert Garcia, Former LDF Staff Attorney and Lifelong Civil Rights Advocate
April 16, 2020
Letters to Governors Urging Moratoriums on Utility Shut-Offs during the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 16, 2020
Louisiana’s Governor Requires Schools to Provide Meals and Instruction for the State’s Children in Line with LDF’s Recommendations
April 14, 2020
Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations Urge Congress to Provide Affordable Broadband amid COVID-19 Pandemic
April 13, 2020
LDF is Urging Moratoriums During the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 13, 2020
Religious, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Organizations Call On North Charleston Mayor and Councilmembers to Commission Independent, Comprehensive ...
April 09, 2020
Civil Rights Organizations Demand Southern Officials Protect the Health and Safety of Incarcerated People from COVID-19 Pandemic
April 08, 2020
Sherrilyn Ifill on MSNBC Discussing the Wisconsin Primary and the Integrity of the 2020 Election
April 03, 2020
LDF Urges Louisiana Governor to Ensure Provision of Essential School Meals and Distance Learning During School Closures
April 03, 2020
LDF Sends Letter to National Governors Association Requesting a Moratorium on Foreclosures, Evictions and Water and Utility Shut ...
April 01, 2020
LDF Files En Banc Petition in Case Challenging Qualified Immunity
March 31, 2020
LDF Mourns the Passing of Reverend Doctor Joseph Lowery, The “Dean” of the Civil Rights Movement
March 31, 2020
Diverse Coalition of Student and Community Organizations Permitted to Intervene in Suit to Defend Expanded Access for Black ...
March 27, 2020
LDF Mourns Former Client Reverend Darius L. Swann
March 27, 2020
LDF Files Complaint against Arkansas Governor and Secretary of State over Ballot Access
March 24, 2020
LDF Joins OCA-Asian Pacific Americans and Other Organizations in Calling on the Justice Department to Address Increasing Racist ...
March 24, 2020
LDF Sends Letter to Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston Regarding Ballot Access amid COVID-19 Pandemic
March 24, 2020
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Sends Letter to US Conference of Mayors Calling for Halting of Utility Shutoffs and Evictions ...
March 23, 2020
Supreme Court Increases Burden for Claims of Race Discrimination Under Crucial Civil Rights Statute
March 20, 2020
A Message from LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill on Our Work Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 19, 2020
LDF, SPLC, Alabama Civil Rights and Disability Rights Groups Urge Alabama Secretary of State to Ensure Ballot Access ...
March 19, 2020
LDF Comment Letter on Baltimore Aerial Surveillance Pilot Program
March 17, 2020
LDF Calls on State and Local Governments to Address the Many Challenges Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 17, 2020
Voting Rights Organizations Send Letter to Texas Secretary of State about Expanding Vote-by-Mail Eligibility in Response to COVID-19
March 17, 2020
LDF Submits Comments on the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Proposed Rule
March 17, 2020
LDF Calls on the U.S. Senate to Pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
March 16, 2020
Civil Rights Organizations Urge Congress and State Election Officials to Safeguard the 2020 Election from COVID-19 Threat
March 13, 2020
LDF Calls on Elected Officials to Condemn Discrimination Linked to COVID-19
March 13, 2020
Voting Rights Groups: Elections Must Proceed While States Protect Public Health
March 11, 2020
LDF Calls for Changes to Maryland’s Blueprint Bill to Address Educational Inequities
March 10, 2020
LDF and Leadership Conference Request DOJ’s Plans to Address Russian Government’s Efforts to Manipulate the 2020 Election
March 10, 2020
LDF Writes Letter to Harris County Clerk Over Concerns Surrounding Long Voting Lines; Demands Issue is Addressed before ...
March 04, 2020
LDF’s Director of State Advocacy Testifies Before the Maryland House of Delegates on the Need to Amend HB ...
March 02, 2020
LDF Submits Written Testimony in Support of the New York Voting Rights Act
February 28, 2020
LDF’s Janai Nelson in Essence Op-Ed: The Lodestar Is Always Justice
February 27, 2020
LDF Calls on The U.S. Senate to Immediately Take Up The Emmett Till Antilynching Act
February 27, 2020
Ohio Supreme Court Reverses Glen E. Bates’ Conviction and Death Sentence; Agrees that Racially-Biased Jury Deprived Black Defendant ...
February 27, 2020
LDF and Co-Counsel File Lawsuit Challenging Pennsylvania’s Prison-Based Gerrymandering Scheme
February 25, 2020
Civil Rights Groups Seek Critical Information on Trump’s Muslim and African Ban
February 21, 2020
LDF Issues Letter Requesting Financial Technology Firm Upstart Cooperate with Requests for Information by U.S. Senate Regarding Potential ...
February 20, 2020
LDF Files Amicus Brief Supporting the Right of Juvenile Life Without Parole Offenders to Have a Meaningful Opportunity ...
February 19, 2020
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Florida Law That Undermines Voting Rights Restoration
February 13, 2020
LDF Supports Taxi and Limousine Commission’s Campaign to End Taxi and Ridesharing Discrimination
February 12, 2020
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins the Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell: The Justice Emergency in America
February 12, 2020
LDF Comments on Baltimore Police Department’s Community Policing Plan
February 11, 2020
LDF Statement on the Outcome of Today’s Senate Judicial Vote to confirm Andrew Brasher to the United States ...
February 07, 2020
LDF Submits Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reaffirm Constitutional Protections for Citizens Shot by Police Officers
February 05, 2020
LDF Statement on Today’s Vote to Acquit the President of the United States of Impeachment Charges
February 05, 2020
LDF Files Public Records Request on Behalf of De’Andre Arnold and Family
February 05, 2020
Sherrilyn Ifill in Slate Op-Ed: How Americans Can Still Protect the 2020 Election After Trump’s Acquittal
February 03, 2020
LDF Mourns the Passing of Judge Nathaniel R. Jones
January 31, 2020
LDF Responds to the Administration’s Expanded Muslim Ban Announcement
January 29, 2020
LDF Condemns Officer-Involved Shooting of William Green – And Calls for a Thorough Examination of Officer and Departmental ...
January 29, 2020
Lawsuit Threatening Sheff Progress is Dismissed; Promise of Integrated Hartford School System Strengthens
January 25, 2020
LDF Discussions: Haiti Temporary Protected Status with Professor Gemma Solimene
January 22, 2020
Sherrilyn Ifill on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Discussing Impeachment Hearings & Election Integrity
January 22, 2020
The DOJ Announces Details of the President’s Law Enforcement Commission, Reaffirming the Civil Rights Concerns Around Its Establishment
January 21, 2020
Statement on Today’s Latest Victory in the Bradford Case Championing State Constitutional Right to Education
January 20, 2020
Reflecting on the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 20, 2020
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Sherrilyn Ifill Joins Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports
January 14, 2020
LDF Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose Andrew Brasher for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
January 10, 2020
Agreement Reached in Connecticut School Desegregation Case
January 07, 2020
HUD’s Newly Proposed Fair Housing Rule Eliminates Municipal Requirements for Addressing Racial Disparities in Housing Access and Opportunity
January 07, 2020
Advocacy Organizations Call on Senate to Halt Judicial Confirmations Process
January 07, 2020
Black Voters Defend Voting Rights Win in Federal Appellate Court
December 20, 2019
Sherrilyn Ifill in CNN Op-Ed: We Must Hold Police Departments Accountable Even if Trump Administration Fails to Do ...
December 18, 2019
LDF and CHHIRJ File Amicus Brief Calling for Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to Determine Police Seizure from the ...
December 18, 2019
LDF Condemns the EEOC’s Recent Vote Rescinding Its Position on Mandatory Arbitration
December 18, 2019
LDF’s Testimony in Favor of the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act
December 18, 2019
LDF Files Lawsuit Against the City of Cleveland to Address Discriminatory Water Liens and Shutoffs
December 17, 2019
LDF’s Algernon Austin in USA Today Op-Ed: My phone’s facial recognition technology doesn’t see me, a black man. ...
December 13, 2019
LDF Issues Joint Statement Following Proposed Rulemaking for Changes to the Community Reinvestment Act
December 11, 2019
LDF Calls on the Trump Administration to Rescind the New Work Requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...
December 06, 2019
LDF Applauds the House’s Passage of H.R.4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA)
December 06, 2019
LDF Mourns the Loss of Leroy D. Clark, Former LDF Counsel and Venerated Law Professor
December 05, 2019
Federal Court Approves Settlement with Target over Discriminatory Criminal Background Screening Policy
December 04, 2019
LDF Responds to Attorney General William Barr’s Disturbing Statements on Policing
December 03, 2019
LDF Sends Letter Opposing Nomination of Sarah Pitlyk to the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of ...
November 22, 2019
LDF Sends Letter Opposing the Judicial Nomination of Lawrence VanDyke, Highlighting his Unqualified ABA Rating
November 18, 2019
LDF Submits Comment Letter to Department of Education on Proposed Questions for 2019-2020 Civil Rights Data Collection
November 18, 2019
LDF and MacArthur Justice Center File Suit Challenging Mississippi District Attorney Doug Evans’ Rampant Discrimination Against Black Jurors
November 15, 2019
LDF Comments on Baltimore Police Department’s Draft Baltimore School Police MOU Assessment Report
November 14, 2019
LDF Statement on the Outcome of Today’s Senate Judicial Vote
November 12, 2019
LDF Files Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Brief to Defend Black Louisiana Voters
November 08, 2019
LDF Sends Letter to Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission Supporting Complaint Against Judge S. Kastrenakes
October 30, 2019
LDF Mourns the Loss of John W. Walker, Legendary Arkansas Civil Rights Attorney and LDF Board Member
October 29, 2019
LDF Policy Counsel Katurah Topps Testifies Before the New York State Senate on the Need to Repeal CRL-50a
October 29, 2019
LDF Statement on the Passing of Former Representative John Conyers
October 18, 2019
Federal Court Rules the Right to Vote in Florida Cannot Be Denied on Account of Wealth
October 18, 2019
LDF’s Janai Nelson in Slate Op-Ed: The Last 31 Presidential Debates Have Ignored Voting Rights
October 17, 2019
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill and Rep. Barbara Lee Discuss Rep. Elijah Cummings’s Legacy on All In with Chris Hayes
October 17, 2019
LDF Attorneys to Testify Before Congress in Support of Voting Rights Protections
October 17, 2019
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill in Washington Post Op-Ed: Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Know his Civil rights History
October 17, 2019
LDF Statement on the Passing of The Honorable Representative Elijah Cummings
October 16, 2019
LDF Requests Congressional Oversight on Changes to Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP)
October 15, 2019
Legal Team Representing Parents and Students in Baltimore Urge Kirwan Commission to Address Systemic Underfunding
October 14, 2019
LDF Statement on the Police Killing of Atatiana Jefferson
October 11, 2019
Black Voters Win Right to Elect Candidates of Their Choice as Court Approves Settlement in Pleasant Grove Voting ...
October 11, 2019
American Academy of Arts & Sciences Inducts LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill
October 08, 2019
LDF Receives Transformational Grant
October 06, 2019
LDF Requests Independent Investigation into Shooting Death of Joshua Brown
October 04, 2019
LDF Supports Judicial Review; Identifies Racial Animus in DACA Rescission
October 01, 2019
Federal Court Upholds Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions Policies
October 01, 2019
LDF Vigorously Defends Civil Rights Law of 1866 Against Comcast Attack
September 27, 2019
LDF Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose Steven Menashi for Second Circuit Court of Appeals Seat
September 26, 2019
Statement on Impeachment Inquiry From LDF President and Director-Counsel, Sherrilyn Ifill
September 23, 2019
LDF Urges the Passage of the FUTURE Act
September 16, 2019
Groups Sue to Block New Florida Law That Undermines Voting Rights Restoration
September 16, 2019
LDF Remembers Terence Crutcher on the Third Anniversary of His Death
September 11, 2019
LDF Condemns Plan to Refuse Temporary Protected Status to Displaced Bahamians
September 04, 2019
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Gift $2M to Fund Social Justice Initiatives with the NAACP LDF and the ...
August 26, 2019
LDF to Argue Death Penalty Cases Before North Carolina Supreme Court
August 23, 2019
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses White Supremacy and Anti-Terrorism Laws on MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes
August 23, 2019
LDF Statement on Justice Department Email Containing White Supremacist and Anti-Semitic Content
August 20, 2019
LDF on the Efficacy and Principle of Facebook Bias Report
August 19, 2019
LDF Statement on Police Commissioner’s Decision to Fire Pantaleo
August 16, 2019
LDF to Fight Against Proposed HUD Rule Weakening Disparate Impact
August 14, 2019
LDF’s Katurah Topps on Ferguson Five Years Later
August 12, 2019
LDF’s Janell Byrd-Chichester and Dr. Algernon Austin on Three Policies that Address Rural vs. Urban Divide in America
August 09, 2019
LDF Joins Coalition Urging Tech Companies to Enact Meaningful Changes
August 08, 2019
LDF’s Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele in Blavity Op-Ed: It’s Time to Get Out The People (Not Just The Vote)
August 07, 2019
Civil Rights and Gun Reform Groups Host Rally to Denounce Hate and Demand Action
August 06, 2019
The Passing of Renowned Author and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison
August 04, 2019
Statement by LDF on the Tragic Events in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH
August 03, 2019
Groups File Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Block SB7066
August 02, 2019
Reported NYPD Use of Powerful Surveillance Technology
August 02, 2019
LDF Supports Recommendation to Fire Daniel Pantaleo
July 31, 2019
HUD Weakening Vital Tool to Combat Housing Discrimination
July 31, 2019
LDF Sends Letter to Senators Mitch McConnell and Charles Schumer; Urges Senate to End Use of Consent Packages ...
July 29, 2019
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Responds to President’s Comments About Baltimore
July 26, 2019
LDF Applauds Federal Court Remedy Ensuring Voting Rights in Louisiana
July 25, 2019
LDF Maintains Vigorous Opposition To Federal Death Penalty
July 16, 2019
LDF Statement on the Department of Justice Declining to Prosecute NYPD Police Officer for Unlawful Choking Death of ...
July 12, 2019
A Tribute to Earl Cunningham, LDF Information and Office Services Clerk from 1968 to 2015
July 05, 2019
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill in Slate Op-Ed: The Same Myths That Thwarted Busing Are Keeping School Segregation Alive
July 04, 2019
Legal Defense Fund Joins Effort to Extend Title VII Protections to LGBTQ Individuals
June 29, 2019
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins MSNBC’s AM Joy to Discuss SCOTUS’ Gerrymandering and Census Decisions
June 28, 2019
Groups Sue to Block New Florida Law That Undermines Voting Rights Restoration
June 27, 2019
Supreme Court Rules Against Inclusion of Undemocratic Citizen Question in the 2020 Census
June 27, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Partisan Gerrymandering Claims Nonjusticiable
June 26, 2019
LDF Urges BPD Investigation; Awaits Review by Consent Decree Monitoring Team in Cherry Hill Arrests
June 26, 2019
New Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Macy’s, Inc. over Criminal History Screening Policy
June 25, 2019
LDF Testifies Before Congress on Voter Suppression Crisis Post Shelby
June 21, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Curtis Flowers’ Conviction and Institutes Protections Against Racial Bias in Jury Selection
June 20, 2019
LDF Responds to Disturbing Police Incident Involving Black Family in Phoenix
June 20, 2019
LDF Sends Letter to Tulsa City Council Ahead of Public Listening Session on Racial Disparities in Police Arrests
June 19, 2019
LDF Supports Commission on Reparations for African Americans
June 19, 2019
LDF Opposes Confirmation of Judicial Nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk
June 18, 2019
LDF Submits Amicus Brief in Support of Overturning Case that Allows Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts
June 18, 2019
LDF and Center for Constitutional Rights Send Letter to New York Legislators Urging Repeal of CRL 50-a, Allowing ...
June 17, 2019
LDF Sends Letter Urging Jeff Davis County to Reopen Precinct 1 Polling Place
June 10, 2019
LDF Fellow Sparky Abraham Joins Ron Regan on News Five Cleveland to Discuss Disproportionate Water Liens in Cleveland
June 10, 2019
LDF Files Lawsuit to Ensure Black Voters Have Voice in Electing Judges to Highest State Courts in Arkansas
June 04, 2019
Janai Nelson Testifies Before House Homeland Security Committee on Discriminatory TSA Policies
June 03, 2019
Supreme Court Issues Unanimous Opinion in Support of Title VII Enforcement
June 03, 2019
LDF Welcomes Janell Byrd-Chichester as Director of the Thurgood Marshall Institute
May 30, 2019
New Documents Confirm Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Reasoning for Adding Citizenship Question to 2020 Census
May 30, 2019
New Hampshire Repeals the Death Penalty
May 29, 2019
Federal Judge Approves Public Housing Training for NYPD Officers
May 23, 2019
LDF Statement on HUD’s Proposed Rule Change Allowing Homeless Shelters to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Americans
May 22, 2019
LDF Remembers Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte
May 22, 2019
LDF Releases Overview of Water/Color Report
May 21, 2019
LDF Statement on Upcoming Senate Vote on Judicial Nominee Daniel Collins
May 20, 2019
LDF Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case on Standards for Conducting Searches and Seizures
May 18, 2019
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses the 65th Anniversary of Brown v. Board with Joy Reid on MSNBC’s AM Joy
May 17, 2019
Sherrilyn Ifill on The Rachel Maddow Show Discusses the Critical Nature of Brown v. Board
May 17, 2019
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill in Bloomberg Law Op-Ed: Defending Brown and the Rule of Law
May 16, 2019
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Joins Ari Melber to Discuss the 65th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
May 16, 2019
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses the 65th Anniversary of Brown v. Board with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC
May 14, 2019
LDF Statement on Upcoming Senate Votes on Judicial and Executive Nominees Wendy Vitter and Jeffrey Rosen
May 13, 2019
LDF Remembers Judge Damon J. Keith
May 13, 2019
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill in Washington Post Op-Ed: If Judicial Nominees Don’t Support ‘Brown v. Board,’ They Don’t Support ...
May 10, 2019
LDF Urges the New York State Assembly to Repeal the Hecht-Calandra Act and Implement a New Specialized High ...
May 09, 2019
LDF Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee Vote to Advance Nomination of Jeffrey Rosen
May 08, 2019
LDF Sends Letter Opposing Michael Park’s Nomination for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
May 07, 2019
LDF Files Amicus Brief in Support of Requiring Courts to Assess Defendants’ Ability to Pay Court Costs
May 07, 2019
LDF Offers Support for the Equality Act
May 03, 2019
Diverse Coalition of Students and Community Organizations Ask to Intervene in Suit to Defend Expanded Access to Elite ...
May 03, 2019
LDF Submits Amicus Brief in Support of Challenge to President Trump’s National Emergency Declaration
May 02, 2019
LDF’s Lisa Cylar Barrett Comments on Confirmed Anti-Civil Rights Judicial Nominee J. Campbell Barker in Texas Lawyer Write-Up
May 01, 2019
LDF Attorney Cara McClellan joins HLN to Discuss Binghamton School Illegal Strip Search
May 01, 2019
LDF’s Raymond Audain: Not Yet Forgiven for Being Black: Haiti’s TPS, LDF, and the Protean Struggle for Racial ...
May 01, 2019
LDF Supports the New York City Council’s Proposed Measures to Improve Specialized High School Diversity
April 30, 2019
LDF Urges Senate to Oppose Confirmation of Judicial Nominees Andrew Brasher and J. Campbell Barker
April 30, 2019
LDF’s Lisa Cylar Barrett in Bloomberg Law Op-Ed: How Much Is Your Life Worth to a Court?
April 29, 2019
Baltimore City Council Passes Resolution Supporting Suit Against Maryland State Board of Education Over Constitutionally-Inadequate Funding for Baltimore ...
April 29, 2019
Lawsuit Filed Against School District That Illegally Strip Searched 12-Year-Old Black and Latina Students
April 28, 2019
LDF Statement on the Passing of Judge Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
April 26, 2019
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins “All In with Chris” to Discuss the President’s Remarks about Charlottesville and White Supremacy
April 16, 2019
LDF Strengthens Policy Footprint in Washington, D.C. and States; Expands Policing Reform Campaign Team
April 15, 2019
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Death Penalty Case Challenging Anti-Gay Bias in the Jury Box
April 14, 2019
LDF Statement on President Trump Targeting and Endangering Rep. Ilhan Omar
April 10, 2019
LDF’s Estherjoy Mungai in Charleston Chronicle Op-Ed: Charleston and North Charleston’s Approach to Policing Reform
April 10, 2019
LDF Statement on Deputy Attorney General Nominee Jeffrey Rosen Refusing to Endorse Supreme Court’s Unanimous Decision in Brown ...
April 10, 2019
LDF Joins Cross-Ideological Coalition in Submitting an Amicus Brief in Case Challenging Qualified Immunity
April 04, 2019
LDF Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee Vote Advancing Judicial Nominee Kenneth Lee
April 04, 2019
LDF Sends Letter to Florida House of Representatives’ State Affairs Committee Opposing House Bill 7089 and its Interpretation ...
April 03, 2019
Leaders Urge Senate to Abandon Rules Change
April 03, 2019
LDF Submits U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Support of Title VII Enforcement
April 02, 2019
LDF’s Lawsuit Over Pleasant Grove, Alabama’s Voting Rights Act Violations to Move Forward
April 02, 2019
LDF Condemns Unilateral Effort to Shorten Consideration of Judicial and Executive Nominees
April 02, 2019
LDF’s Daniel Harawa in Slate Op-Ed: The Supreme Court Must Rule That Juries Can’t Sentence a Man to ...
April 01, 2019
LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Challenge to Citizenship Status Question on the 2020 Census
March 29, 2019
Multi-Racial Students and Community Organizations Ask to Join Suit to Defend Expanded Access to Elite New York City ...
March 27, 2019
LDF Statement on Facebook Banning White Nationalism and White Separatism
March 26, 2019
LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief Urging Review of Capital Case Involving Evidence of Egregious Anti-Gay Bias
March 25, 2019
Civil Rights Groups Send Letter to Prince George’s County Public Schools Demanding Changes to Discipline Policies and Practices
March 20, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Homeowners Facing Foreclosure Vulnerable to Predatory Debt Collectors
March 19, 2019
LDF Statement on Facebook Settling Several Lawsuits Alleging Discriminatory Ad Practices
March 19, 2019
LDF Statement on Continued Lack of Diversity in New York Specialized High School Admissions
March 18, 2019
LDF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Declining to Review Keith Tharpe’s Racially-Biased Death Sentence
March 18, 2019
LDF’s Policy Department Strengthens Leadership Position in Washington
March 16, 2019
LDF Senior Counsel Michaele Turnage Young Discusses College Admissions Scandal on MSNBC
March 15, 2019
LDF’s Chris Kemmitt in Jurist Op-Ed: The Supreme Court Must Stand for Equality in Upcoming Jury-Selection Case
March 15, 2019
LDF Statement on Preliminary Court Ruling in Hartford, Connecticut Education Equity Case
March 13, 2019
LDF Statement on California’s Moratorium on the Death Penalty
March 13, 2019
LDF Condemns Confirmation of Neomi Rao to Lifetime Seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
March 12, 2019
LDF Sends Letter to Senate Leaders Opposing Neomi Rao’s Nomination for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
March 12, 2019
Maryland District Court to Hear Case Against Department of Homeland Security in Response to Removal of Temporary Protective ...
March 08, 2019
LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Challenges to North Carolina and Maryland’s Partisan Gerrymandering Schemes
March 07, 2019
Concerned Parents, Civil Rights Groups Sue State of Maryland Over Constitutionally-Inadequate Funding for Children in Baltimore Schools
March 06, 2019
LDF Condemns Senate Votes on Chad Readler and Eric Murphy
March 01, 2019
LDF Opposes Bills Authorizing Johns Hopkins University to Create a Private Police Force
February 28, 2019
LDF Files Amicus Brief in Eleventh Circuit Defending Transgender Youth Rights
February 28, 2019
LDF Condemns Senate Judiciary Committee Vote on Judicial Nominee Neomi Rao
February 27, 2019
LDF Sends Letter Expressing Concern with Lack of Diversity on Tennessee’s Judicial Redistricting Task Force, and Recommending Action
February 26, 2019
LDF Statement on Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners Vote to Support Arming School Police During School Day
February 26, 2019
LDF Submits Written Testimony Urging the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to Oppose Arming School Police During ...
February 26, 2019
LDF Strongly Supports the Voting Rights Advancement Act
February 25, 2019
LDF Statement on Nominee to Lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency
February 25, 2019
LDF Submits Comment on U.S. Department of Education ESEA Guidance
February 25, 2019
LDF Files Brief Calling for End of the Death Penalty in Pennsylvania
February 22, 2019
LDF Responds to Pleasant Grove, Alabama in Voting Rights Act Violations Case
February 20, 2019
LDF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Excessive Fines and Fees
February 19, 2019
LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute, Emory Law School, and Spelman College Commemorate the Fourteenth Amendment
February 19, 2019
LDF Delivers Oral Argument Before Ohio Supreme Court in Death Penalty Case
February 15, 2019
LDF’s Sam Spital in National Law Journal Op-Ed: The US Supreme Court Should Stop the Execution of a ...
February 15, 2019
LDF Files Brief Calling for Rayford Burke to Have the Chance to Challenge Racial Bias in His Death ...
February 14, 2019
LDF Statement on the President’s National Emergency Declaration
February 14, 2019
LDF Statement on Confirmation of William Barr to Serve as Attorney General of the United States
February 13, 2019
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Delivers Arguments at Final Hearing in Case to Determine Future of Race-Conscious Admissions at ...
February 12, 2019
LDF Sends Letters Over Concerns with Discriminatory Hair Policies Stemming from Incident Involving New Jersey High School Wrestler
February 12, 2019
LDF Offers Support for Maryland House Bill to Improve Transparency Around Misconduct by Public Employees
February 08, 2019
Binghamton Parents Demand Justice for Daughters Illegally Strip Searched
February 07, 2019
LDF Sends Letter to Alabama County Commission Expressing At-Large Voting Concerns
February 07, 2019
LDF Condemns Senate Judiciary Committee Vote on Attorney General Nominee William Barr and Dozens of Judicial Nominees
February 06, 2019
LDF Statement on CFPB Attempt to Repeal Critical Elements of Payday Lending Rule
February 05, 2019
LDF Renews Call for Federal Investigation of Officer-Involved Shooting of E.J. Bradford, Jr.
February 04, 2019
LDF Urges the Senate to Oppose Attorney General Nominee William Barr
February 02, 2019
LDF Demands Investigation into Conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York
February 01, 2019
LDF Calls for Resignation of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Over Racist Medical School Yearbook Image
January 31, 2019
LDF Statement on the Approval of the Policing Reform Consent Decree in Chicago
January 30, 2019
LDF Supports Bill to Permanently Protect Baltimore Communities from Losing Homes Due to Water Debt
January 29, 2019
Black Student Voters Seek to Keep Their Voting Rights Lawsuit Alive
January 29, 2019
LDF Testifies on Major Election Reform and Voting Rights Bill Before Congress
January 28, 2019
LDF Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Sheff v. O’Neill alongside the Sheff Movement Coalition
January 24, 2019
LDF Provides Feedback on Independent Monitor’s Draft Second-Year Monitoring Plan for Police Reform Agreement in Baltimore
January 23, 2019
LDF Statement on Baltimore School Board Vote Banning School Police from Carrying Guns During School Hours
January 22, 2019
LDF Sends Letter to Madison County Officials Over Voting Rights Concerns
January 22, 2019
Making Real the Promises of Our Democracy: LDF’s Janai Nelson Delivers MLK Day Speech in Bloomington, Indiana
January 22, 2019
Concerned Parents and Civil Rights Organizations Call on the State of Maryland to Provide More Education Funding for ...
January 21, 2019
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Sherrilyn Ifill Joins Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports
January 18, 2019
LDF Responds to Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke’s Sentencing and the Acquittal of Officers Charged in ...
January 17, 2019
Sherrilyn Ifill Speaks with Chris Hayes about Barr’s Confirmation Hearings on MSNBC’s All In with Chris
January 15, 2019
LDF Statement on Court Decision Rejecting Citizenship Status Question for 2020 Census
January 15, 2019
LDF Statement on William Barr Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
January 14, 2019
LDF Statement on Inflammatory Language from US Court of Appeals Nominee Neomi Rao
January 14, 2019
LDF Sends Letter to Huntsville Alabama City Leaders Over Fair Representation for Black Voters on School Board
January 11, 2019
Sherrilyn Ifill and Academy-Award Winning Writer-Director Barry Jenkins Explore Beale Street Narratives
January 10, 2019
LDF Encourages New York Legislature to Make Voting Rights a Priority in 2019
January 10, 2019
LDF Joins Civil Rights Organizations on Press Call Expressing Doubts About AG Nominee William Barr
January 09, 2019
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Post-Trial Brief in Lawsuit to Determine Future of Race-Conscious Admissions at Harvard
January 07, 2019
LDF Makes Public Records Request in Response to Hair Discrimination Case Involving Buena Regional High School Wrestler
January 07, 2019
LDF Statement on Joel Fitzgerald’s Withdrawal from Baltimore Police Commissioner Job
January 04, 2019
LDF Statement on H.R. 1 – A Comprehensive Reform Package
December 27, 2018
LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief Condemning the Discriminatory Jury Selection Practices in Mississippi
December 20, 2018
LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief Urging Consideration of Racially-Biased Death Sentence
December 19, 2018
LDF Statement on Senate Passage of First Step Act
December 19, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Op-Ed in The Washington Post: Racism is a National Security Issue
December 18, 2018
LDF Opposes Trump Administration’s Recommendation to Rescind School Discipline Guidance, Challenges Federal Commission on School Safety Report
December 17, 2018
Congress must investigate Russian attempts to manipulate Black voters
December 17, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill talks to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes about Russian targeting of Black voters
December 15, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Outraged at Death of Seven-Year Old Child in Border Patrol Custody; Demand Congressional Hearings, Investigation
December 13, 2018
LDF Files Complaint Against Pleasant Grove, Alabama Over Voting Rights Act Violations
December 13, 2018
LDF joins Outten & Golden LLP in suit against NTT Data’s discriminatory hiring policies
December 11, 2018
EPA Slams Door to Justice on Historic Black Community, Closes Civil Rights Complaint Against Alabama Environmental Agency
December 07, 2018
Senate must carefully evaluate William Barr’s record on civil rights, executive power
December 06, 2018
LDF Requests Federal Investigation of Officer-Involved Shooting of EJ Bradford, Jr.
December 05, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill and Janai Nelson Featured in HuffPost: 2 Black Women Could Define American Democracy For The ...
November 29, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill statement on Senate failure to confirm Thomas Farr
November 29, 2018
LDF, ACLU, ACLU of Florida File Complaint Against Discriminatory Hair Policies in Florida Schools
November 29, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund writes McConnell, Schumer, to express concern over potential contraction of Senate Judiciary Committee
November 26, 2018
LDF Statement on Shooting Death of E.J. Bradford
November 21, 2018
LDF asks Supreme Court to rule on police officers’ obligations to administer aid
November 18, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins Joy Reid and Stacey Abrams on The AMJoy Show
November 17, 2018
LDF Statement on New Baltimore Police Commissioner Joel Fitzgerald
November 16, 2018
LDF Responds to Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s Comments on Voting
November 16, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on First Step Act
November 15, 2018
LDF Statement on Nomination of Thomas Farr to Federal Bench
November 13, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill’s Washington Post Op-Ed: “When Trump attacks one black woman, we all feel it”
November 12, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill in USA Today: It’s Time to Move on a Voting Rights Bill
November 09, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Demand Every Georgia Ballot Be Counted
November 09, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund and other civil rights leaders oppose national speaking engagement for officer who killed unarmed ...
November 09, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Complaint on Behalf of Alabama Students Denied Voting Rights in Tuesday’s Election
November 07, 2018
LDF Statement on Dismissal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions
November 07, 2018
LDF Statement on Historic Election Results, Need for Restored Voting Rights Act
November 06, 2018
LDF Sends Letter Over Georgia Polling Site Confusion in Grady County
November 06, 2018
Janai Nelson Joins Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC to Discuss Midterm Elections and Voter Suppression
November 06, 2018
LDF Sends Letter to Secretary Merrill Over Widespread Confusion Regarding Inactive Voters and the Photo ID Law in ...
November 04, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Show Solidarity with Victims of Hate in National Full-Page Ads
November 03, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill speaks to Joy Reid on MSNBC’s AMJoy to discuss voter suppression and the 2018 Midterms
November 02, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Delivers Closing Statements in Trial to Determine Future of Race-Conscious Admissions at Harvard
November 02, 2018
LDF Sends Letter Over Voter Registration Concerns at Alabama A&M and Oakwood University
November 02, 2018
Justice Equality Democracy: LDF 32nd Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner
October 31, 2018
LDF Sends Letter Asking For Removal of Election Worker Who Refused to Assist Voters
October 31, 2018
LDF’s Sam Spital in Rewire Op-Ed: Trump Wants to Change Who Is a Citizen. The Constitution Doesn’t Let ...
October 31, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins Andrea Mitchell to Discuss Voter Suppression in Georgia and North Dakota
October 31, 2018
LDF’s Janai Nelson in Bustle Op-Ed: People Are Trying To Scare You Away From Voting — Don’t Fall ...
October 30, 2018
In letter, LDF and Partners Demand That Attorney General Sessions Develop Comprehensive Response to Rise in Hate Crimes
October 30, 2018
LDF Sends Letter to Secretary Rolando Pablos Over Reported Problems with Electronic Voting Machines in Texas
October 30, 2018
LDF Honors the Life of Board Member John D. Maguire
October 29, 2018
Harvard Students and Alumni Testify in Support of College Admissions Policies That Foster Diversity
October 27, 2018
LDF Statement on Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting
October 25, 2018
Waller County Modestly Expands Early Voting in Prairie View, LDF’s Suit Still Pending
October 24, 2018
LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson discusses Georgia’s Voter Suppression on All in with Chris Hayes
October 23, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Suit Against Waller County, Texas for Restricting Early Voting Rights of Black Students
October 22, 2018
LDF Responds to Report of Trump Administration Considering Drastic Efforts to Undermine Legal Status of Transgender People
October 22, 2018
LDF Responds to President Trump’s Statement About Voting
October 19, 2018
LDF Responds to Reports of Finalist in Search for New Baltimore Police Commissioner
October 19, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Announces New Hires, Promotions, and Fellows
October 17, 2018
LDF Sends Letter to Jefferson County Board of Commissioners about Voter Intimidation in Georgia
October 17, 2018
LDF Argues Against Attempt to Reverse Integrated Education in Hartford
October 16, 2018
Janai Nelson Joins Andrea Mitchell Reports to Discuss Voter Supression
October 16, 2018
LDF Responds to Facebook’s New Policy on False Voter Information Ahead of Election
October 16, 2018
LDF’s Janai Nelson in CNN Op-Ed: Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate’s Huge Conflict of Interest
October 15, 2018
LDF and American Oversight File Lawsuit for DOJ Records of Census Citizenship Question
October 15, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund to Deliver Opening Statements in Trial to Determine Future of Race-Conscious Admissions at Harvard
October 13, 2018
Janai Nelson speaks on MSNBC about Kemp and Georgia’s Purged Voter Rolls
October 12, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Written Testimony In Opposition of Efforts to Allow School Police to Carry Firearms ...
October 12, 2018
LDF Sends Letter to Georgia Secretary of State, Urging Recusal From Voter Registration Process During Gubernatorial Campaign
October 12, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Comments on Proposed Chicago Consent Decree
October 09, 2018
LDF’s Todd Cox Writes on the Future of the Judiciary in The Hill
October 08, 2018
LDF Joins Social Justice Groups in Calling for CFPB Fair Lending Chief to Resign after Failure to Apologize ...
October 08, 2018
LDF’s Leah Aden Pens Op-Ed on Supreme Court for Rewire
October 06, 2018
LDF Statement on Senate Vote to Confirm Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination to the Supreme Court
October 05, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill discusses Kavanaugh Confirmation Vote on MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes
October 05, 2018
LDF Releases Statement in Response to the Conviction of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke
October 04, 2018
LDF Joins Carlyle Parish LLC and Bradley Law Firm in asking Supreme Court to hear case about racial ...
October 03, 2018
LDF Releases Statement on Completed FBI Investigation of Sexual Assault Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh
October 02, 2018
LDF Files Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Hear Juvenile Life Sentencing Case
October 02, 2018
LDF Sends Letter to Florida Department of Education to Express Concern Over Discriminatory Hair Policies
September 28, 2018
LDF Submits Comment Letter in Response to Revised Baltimore Police Department policies
September 27, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Kavanaugh & Ford Testimonies on MSNBC
September 26, 2018
LDF Releases Statement on Latest Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh
September 19, 2018
LDF’s Janai Nelson Joins Hardball with Chris Matthews to Discuss Judge Kavanaugh’s Upcoming Confirmation Vote
September 19, 2018
John Legend Issues a Call to Action in Ad Launched by 14 Leading Social Justice Organizations in Opposition ...
September 17, 2018
Testimony of Kristen Johnson LDF/Fried Frank Fellow Before the New York City Council Committee on For-Hire Vehicles
September 17, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill joins Chris Hayes on All in with Chris to discuss the recent sexual assault allegations ...
September 17, 2018
In Supreme Court Amicus Brief, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Argues for Stronger Protections Against Predatory Foreclosure Practices
September 16, 2018
In Light of Recent Sexual Assault Allegations Against Kavanaugh, LDF Renews Call for Senate Judiciary to Postpone Confirmation ...
September 13, 2018
Civil and Worker Rights Groups File Amicus Brief Defending EEOC Guidance on Use of Criminal Background Checks in ...
September 12, 2018
LDF Sends Joint Letter to Texas Secretary of State Regarding Voter Eligibility Challenges & Warning Against Voter Suppression
September 11, 2018
LDF Urges Supreme Court to Apply Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause to the States
September 04, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Pens CNN Op-Ed: Judge Kavanaugh’s Hearing Must Be Delayed
September 04, 2018
LDF Mourns the Loss of Longtime Board Member Jay Topkis
September 04, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses the Confirmation Hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh on The Tom Joyner Morning Show
September 02, 2018
LDF’s Sherillyn Ifill Joins the AMJoy Show with Joy Reid to Discuss Judge Kavanaugh’s Upcoming Confirmation
August 30, 2018
Racial Justice Organizations Oppose Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation to U.S. Supreme Court
August 30, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Releases Detailed Report on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Record
August 30, 2018
LDF Statement on Department of Justice Involvement in Harvard Lawsuit
August 29, 2018
LDF Sends Joint Letter to Texas Commission on Proposed Closings of Department of Public Safety Offices
August 29, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges Senate to Slow Pace of Judicial Nominations and Carefully Vet Nominees
August 28, 2018
LDF Statement in Response to the Conviction of Officer Roy Oliver for the Murder of Jordan Edwards
August 27, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges Baltimore Police Department to Strengthen Its Proposed Use of Force Training Plan
August 26, 2018
Civil Rights Leaders Call for Full Examination of Kavanaugh’s Record and Request Meeting with Senate Leadership
August 22, 2018
LDF and ACLU of Georgia Send Joint Letter to Georgia Election Officials Urging Against Discriminatory Polling Place Changes
August 20, 2018
LDF’s Jin Hee Lee Pens Time Magazine Op-Ed: Lawsuit Seeks to Erase Harvard Applicants’ Racial Identity
August 17, 2018
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Comments on Chicago Police Consent Decree
August 16, 2018
21 Harvard Student and Alumni Organizations Reject Attempt to Censor Their Voices
August 16, 2018
21 Harvard Student and Alumni Organizations Reject Attempt to Censor Their Voices
August 16, 2018
Civil Rights Leaders Call for Full Examination of Kavanaugh’s Record and Request Meeting with Senate Leadership
August 14, 2018
LDF Statement on Grand Jury Indictment of Former Baltimore Police Officer Arthur Williams
August 13, 2018
A Tribute to LDF Alum Sheila Thomas
August 12, 2018
Janai Nelson Joins David Gura on MSNBC to Discuss the Anniversary of #Charlottesville and Unite the Right Rallies
August 10, 2018
LDF Statement on Scheduling Judge Kavanaugh’s Hearing Without Releasing His Full Record
August 10, 2018
LDF Statement on One Year Anniversary of White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville
August 10, 2018
Court Orders NYPD to Film All Citizen Encounters with Body Cameras
August 10, 2018
LDF Statement on One Year Anniversary of White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville
August 09, 2018
LDF’s Marne Lenox Pens New York Daily News Op-Ed: NYPD Hasn’t Come Clean on its Gang Database
August 09, 2018
LDF Statement on Passage of New York City Council Bill Increasing Penalty for Taxi Drivers Who Refuse Service ...
August 09, 2018
LDF Statement on Cincinnati Police Tasing an 11-Year-Old Girl
August 09, 2018
LDF Joins Carlyle Parish LLC and Bradley Law Firm in asking Supreme Court to hear case about racial ...
August 08, 2018
LDF Shares Comments Opposing Census Bureau’s Decision to Add a Citizenship Status
August 08, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Sue NYPD Over Failure to Disclose Information on Gang Policing Policies
August 03, 2018
25 Harvard Student and Alumni Organizations File Amicus Brief in Support of College Admissions Policies That Foster Diversity
July 26, 2018
LDF Continues to Challenge Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
July 25, 2018
National Civil Rights Leaders Issue Letter to San Bernardino County District Attorney Demanding Termination of Deputy District Attorney ...
July 24, 2018
LDF Files Records Request for Information on Man’s Attack of Black Middle School Student in Berkeley, California
July 23, 2018
Civil Rights Leaders Discuss #WhatsAtStake for Voting Rights in SCOTUS Fight
July 23, 2018
Six Civil Rights Leaders Unite to Raise Concerns over Kavanaugh’s Nomination to Supreme Court
July 19, 2018
Court Orders NYPD to Electronically Record All Citizen Encounters
July 19, 2018
LDF Statement on Withdrawal of Ryan Bounds’ Nomination for Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
July 18, 2018
What’s at Stake: Judge Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Nomination
July 18, 2018
LDF Statement on Senate Confirmation of Circuit Court Nominee Andrew Oldham
July 17, 2018
Civil Rights Attorneys Push Back on NYPD Objections to Stop-and-Frisk Reforms
July 16, 2018
LDF Files Amicus Brief Urging North Carolina Supreme Court to Address Race Discrimination in Death Penalty Cases
July 15, 2018
LDF’s Janai Nelson Discusses Kavanaugh’s #SCOTUS Nomination on MSNBC’s AM Joy with Joy Reid
July 10, 2018
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses SCOTUS Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show
July 10, 2018
LDF’s Todd A. Cox examines Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court Nomination on HillTV
July 09, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill speaks about Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on MSNBC’s All In with Chris ...
July 09, 2018
LDF Statement on Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court
July 09, 2018
LDF Provides Feedback on Baltimore Police Department’s Draft Fair and Impartial Policing Policy
July 07, 2018
Six Civil Rights Leaders Unite to Raise Concerns over Kavanaugh’s Nomination to Supreme Court
July 03, 2018
LDF and ACLU Settle Tax Foreclosure Case, Enabling Low-Income Detroiters in Foreclosure to Keep Their Homes
July 03, 2018
LDF Condemns Trump Administration’s Rescission of Guidance Promoting Diversity in Education
July 03, 2018
LDF Files Amicus Brief in Ninth Circuit Tracing Bigoted Roots of Transgender Military Ban
July 02, 2018
Racial Justice Leaders Publish Comprehensive Report Advising Starbucks on Ideas for Overcoming Racial Bias and Advancing Equity
June 30, 2018
LDF’s Janai Nelson Discusses Issues at Stake Given the Supreme Court Vacancy on MSNBC Live with David Gura
June 30, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Joins MSNBC’s AM Joy to Discuss SCOTUS Nominees and Justice Kennedy’s Retirement
June 29, 2018
LDF Statement on U.S. Department of Education’s Decision to Delay Rule Addressing Racial Inequities in Special Education
June 28, 2018
New LDF Report Reveals Black Girls Are Pushed out of Baltimore Classrooms and into the Criminal Justice System
June 27, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Justice Kennedy’s Retirement on All In with Chris Hayes
June 27, 2018
LDF Statement on Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Retirement
June 27, 2018
LDF’s Janai Nelson Discusses Supreme Court Vacancy on WNYC with Jami Floyd
June 27, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Demand Supreme Court Vote Delay
June 26, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Discriminatory Muslim Ban
June 25, 2018
Five Years After Shameful Voting Rights Act Decision, U.S. Supreme Court Again Fails to Protect Americans from Racially ...
June 25, 2018
Five Years After Shameful Voting Rights Act Decision, U.S. Supreme Court Again Fails to Protect Americans from Racially ...
June 25, 2018
LDF’s Ajmel Quereshi Discusses the Trump Administration’s Cruel Immigration Policies on MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin
June 22, 2018
LDF Requests Documents and Information on Immigrant Detention from Federal Agencies
June 19, 2018
LDF Files Amicus Brief in California Supreme Court Criticizing Race-Based Jury Selection
June 19, 2018
LDF Urges California Lawmakers to Change Police Use-of-Deadly-Force Standard
June 18, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Punts Decisions on Partisan Gerrymandering
June 17, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Race, Bias, and Justice on Stay Tuned with Preet
June 15, 2018
LDF Statement on Lawsuit Involving Harvard’s Admissions Process
June 12, 2018
LDF Statement on Qualified Immunity Decision in the Eastern District of New York
June 11, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Jeopardizes Voters’ Rights by Approving Ohio Voter Purge Process
June 08, 2018
LDF’s Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele Discusses NYPD Killing of Arthur Miller on NY1
June 08, 2018
Civil Rights Organizations Demand Court Order Requiring NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Reforms
June 07, 2018
LDF Statement on Confirmation of Kenneth L. Marcus to Lead U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights
June 04, 2018
Supreme Court Reaffirms Core Anti-Discrimination Principles in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
June 03, 2018
LDF Statement on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Plan to Reform the Admissions Process of the ...
May 31, 2018
Civil Rights and Faith Leaders Send Tulsa Mayor and City Council Chair Letter Demanding Police Reforms
May 29, 2018
LDF President Sherrilyn Ifill Joins MSNBC Town Hall on Implicit Bias
May 24, 2018
LDF Condemns Senate Judiciary Committee Vote on Judicial Nominees Vitter and Oldham
May 24, 2018
LDF Appeals Manhattan DA’s Failure to Respond to Information Request for Materials on Gang Database
May 23, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill and Heather McGhee Respond to Preview of Starbucks’ Anti-Bias Training
May 22, 2018
LDF Statement on the House’s Passage of the FIRST STEP Act
May 21, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Undermines Workers’ Rights
May 18, 2018
LDF Files Supreme Court Petition in Alabama Police Excessive Force Case
May 18, 2018
LDF Sues the U.S. Department of Education for Failure to Respond to FOIA Request
May 16, 2018
LDF Opposes Confirmation of Judicial Nominee Andrew Oldham
May 16, 2018
LDF Files Suit Against U.S. Justice Department Over FOIA Violations
May 15, 2018
Leading Civil Rights Organizations Statement on Release of Report on Community Reforms to NYPD Practices
May 15, 2018
LDF Statement on Attorney General Sessions’ Disregard for Rule of Law
May 14, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Major Employment Discrimination Case Targeting Natural Black Hairstyles
May 10, 2018
LDF Condemns Confirmation of Circuit Court Judges at Breakneck Speed
May 09, 2018
LDF Statement on the House Judiciary Committee Advancing the First Step Act
May 09, 2018
LDF Serves Information Request on Manhattan DA for Materials Related to Gang Policing Databases
May 08, 2018
Parents and Advocates Push Back on Attempt to Roll Back Desegregation Efforts in Hartford Public Schools
May 08, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Urge Senators to Oppose the Protect and Serve Act of 2018
May 08, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Sue HUD over Suspended Implementation of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule
May 07, 2018
LDF Statement on Google Banning Bail Bond Industry Ads
May 04, 2018
National Civil Rights Groups and Fair Housing Advocates File Brief Holding Bank of America and Wells Fargo Accountable ...
May 01, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Starbucks Anti-Discrimination Training on Sirius XM
April 27, 2018
LDF Statement on 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in Texas Voter ID Case
April 27, 2018
‘Engaging in Education Equity’ to Ensure Every Student Truly Succeeds
April 24, 2018
LDF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Texas Voting Rights and Racial Gerrymandering Case
April 24, 2018
Three African American Racial Justice Leaders Respond to Starbucks Effort to End Bias In Its Company
April 23, 2018
LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute and National Constitution Center Host Symposium to Commemorate the Fourteenth Amendment
April 20, 2018
Advocates for Civil and Reproductive Rights Call for Vitter’s Withdrawal
April 19, 2018
LDF Statement on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to Restore Voting Rights to People with Felony Convictions
April 18, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Anti-Discrimination Training for Starbucks Employees on NPR
April 18, 2018
Haitian Civil Rights Organizations Join Two of the Nation’s Oldest Civil Rights Organizations in TPS Lawsuit
April 18, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Gives Keynote Speech at “Race & Inequality in America: The Kerner Commission at 50” Conference
April 17, 2018
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill Joins Local and National Experts to Develop Anti-Discrimination Training Curriculum for Starbucks ...
April 13, 2018
LDF’s Todd Cox in Op-Ed for CNN: A Judicial Nominee Who Won’t Support Decision in Landmark Brown Case ...
April 11, 2018
LDF’s Ajmel Quereshi Spoke with the National Law Journal About Five Major Milestones in the Legal Fight Against ...
April 10, 2018
Lawyers Behind Challenge to NYPD’s Use of Stop-and-Frisk Pen Op-Ed in New York Times About Need to Implement ...
April 10, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Call for Congressional Action on Fatal Police Shootings
April 09, 2018
Sumter County, SC’s Proposed School Closures and Electoral Changes Are Potentially Harmful to Black Communities
April 05, 2018
LDF Files Supreme Court Petition in Major Employment Discrimination Case Targeting Natural Black Hairstyles
April 05, 2018
LDF Statement on NYPD Shooting of Saheed Vassell
April 05, 2018
Job Applicants Enter Settlement with Target Corporation over Discriminatory Criminal Background Screening Policy
April 04, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Pens Op-Ed for CNN: King’s Place in History is Still Unfolding
April 04, 2018
Advocates Convey Support for Civil Rights and School Safety to Secretary DeVos
April 03, 2018
Louisiana Bill Would Provide Black Voters in Terrebonne Parish the Opportunity to Elect Judges of Their Choice
April 02, 2018
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign
March 30, 2018
LDF Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief Against Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Muslim Ban
March 28, 2018
LDF Responds to President Trump’s De-Legitimizing Judicial Independence
March 27, 2018
LDF Responds to Citizenship Status Question Inclusion on 2020 Census
March 27, 2018
LDF Statement on Louisiana AG’s Decision Not to Charge Baton Rouge Police Officers for Shooting Death of Alton ...
March 27, 2018
LDF Remembers Linda Brown Thompson
March 26, 2018
LDF Statement on Passing of Linda Brown
March 26, 2018
LDF Opposes Georgia Bill That Threatens to Suppress Minority Voting Participation
March 22, 2018
LDF Raises Concerns About Johns Hopkins University’s Proposed Plan for Private Police Force
March 22, 2018
LDF Sends Letter to Pleasant Grove Alabama Mayor Over Serious Concerns With At-Large Electoral Method
March 21, 2018
LDF Responds to Trump Administration Proposal to Pursue Death Penalty for Drug Traffickers
March 19, 2018
LDF’s Marne Lenox Pens Op-Ed for Refinery29: The School Walkout Was A Powerful, But Privileged Protest
March 18, 2018
LDF’s Todd Cox: How a Case Currently Before the Supreme Court Could Potentially Unravel Landmark Civil Rights Protections
March 15, 2018
LDF Provides Feedback on Baltimore Police Department’s Draft Use-of-Force Policies
March 15, 2018
LDF Calls on Florida Sheriffs and School Districts to Refuse to Arm School Staff
March 13, 2018
LDF Urges Trump Administration to Keep School Discipline Guidance and Disband Commission
March 13, 2018
LDF Offers Testimony Supporting Changes to Maryland’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights
March 12, 2018
African-American Civil Rights Leaders Strongly Urge Attorney General Sessions to Include Civil Rights in DOJ’s Priorities
March 09, 2018
LDF Statement on Passage of Florida Gun Law
March 09, 2018
LDF’s Monique Dixon and Nicole Dooley in Op-Ed for AFRO: Baltimore Students Deserve to Feel Safe
March 09, 2018
Civil Rights Organizations Urge HUD To Keep Anti-Discrimination Language In Mission Statement
March 09, 2018
Leading Civil Rights Organizations Urge Court to Recognize How Oppressive and Racially Biased Policing Constrains the Freedom to ...
March 07, 2018
LDF Files Amicus Brief in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Georgia Fair Housing Case
March 07, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill in New York Times: Seeking Equal Justice for Black People is Part of An American Agenda, ...
March 06, 2018
LDF and ACLU of MD Call for Transparency from Maryland Courts Concerning Police Conduct
March 06, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill’s Latest Op-Ed for TIME: Violent Policies Fall Hardest on Students of Color
March 05, 2018
Dr. Megan Ming Francis Joins LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute
March 01, 2018
LDF Calls for Investigation into Texas Judge Michael McSpadden Over Racist Remarks
February 27, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins “Pod Save the People” Podcast to Discuss Judicial Nominations and Voting Rights
February 23, 2018
Civil Rights Groups File Information Request with NYPD for Materials Related to Gang Policing Policies
February 22, 2018
LDF’s Cristian Farias: Baltimore Cannot Reform its Police Alone
February 21, 2018
LDF Urges 11th Circuit to Give Plaintiffs Day in Court in Challenge to Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID ...
February 21, 2018
LDF Files Motion for an Expedited Appeal in Challenge to Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law
February 20, 2018
LDF Sends List of Questions to Baltimore City Council for Commissioner-Designate De Sousa to Answer at Confirmation Hearing
February 20, 2018
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Agrees To Uphold Rule Ensuring Access To Housing In High Opportunity ...
February 16, 2018
LDF Statement on Special Counsel’s Allegations of Russian Efforts to Suppress Black Votes
February 14, 2018
LDF Offers Support for Key Provisions of Proposed Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017
February 13, 2018
Eleventh Circuit Reverses District Court Decision, Preventing Gardendale Secession from Alabama School District
February 13, 2018
LDF Files Amicus Brief in Ohio Death Penalty Case
February 12, 2018
LDF Statement on Elimination of DOJ’s Community Relations Service in Trump Administration’s Proposed Budget
February 12, 2018
LDF Statement on Guilty Verdicts for Baltimore Detectives Marcus Taylor and Daniel Hersl
February 09, 2018
LDF’s Leah Aden Explains Why At-Large Voting Systems Have Helped Cause Louisiana’s “gavel gap” in The Advocate
February 09, 2018
U.S. Census Bureau Will Continue to Count Incarcerated Individuals as Residents of Prisons, Contributing to the Diminished Voting ...
February 09, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber to Discuss Baltimore Police Corruption Trial
February 07, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Baltimore Police Corruption Trial on Democracy Now
February 05, 2018
Texas Federal Court Ruling Undermines Employment Discrimination Protections for People With Records
February 05, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Call for Oversight Hearing on NYPD Gang Policing Practices
February 05, 2018
LDF Expresses Concerns About Baltimore Police Recruits Who Graduated the Academy Despite Failing Constitutional Policing Tests
February 02, 2018
LDF Provides Feedback on Independent Monitor’s Draft Plan for First Year of Implementing Policing Reform Agreement in Baltimore
February 02, 2018
LDF Files FOIA Request with Department of Labor Regarding Tip Pooling Proposal
February 01, 2018
This Black History Month, LDF Revisits Key Milestones in Civil Rights
January 25, 2018
New Lawsuit Filed Against U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Response to Removal of Temporary Protective Status for ...
January 24, 2018
LDF’s Marquis Jenkins: Justice for Walter Scott is Not Just a Strong Sentence for Michael Slager, but Also ...
January 19, 2018
LDF Statement on Replacement of Kevin Davis as Baltimore Police Commissioner
January 18, 2018
LDF Condemns Senate Judiciary Committee Vote on President Trump’s Judicial and Executive Nominees
January 18, 2018
LDF’s Todd A. Cox: Praising the “Dream,” Deferring its Promise
January 17, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Pens Op-Ed for TIME: President Trump’s First Year Was an Affront to Civil Rights
January 17, 2018
LDF’s Coty Montag Pens Op-Ed for The Hill: Fifty Years On, HUD Abandons Dr. King’s Vision of Integrated ...
January 15, 2018
LDF Statement on NYPD’s Violent Response to Peaceful Immigration Protest
January 12, 2018
LDF Files Notice of Appeal in Alabama Photo ID Case
January 11, 2018
Interview with LDF’s Leah Aden in Splinter News: What’s at Stake in SCOTUS Voting Rights Case
January 11, 2018
LDF Statement on Court’s Dismissal of Alabama Voter ID Lawsuit
January 10, 2018
LDF’s Sam Spital and Leah Aden in CNN Op-Ed: Voting Can’t Be Use It or Lose It
January 10, 2018
LDF Statement on Nomination of Kenneth L. Marcus to Lead U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights
January 09, 2018
LDF Files FOIA Appeal with the U.S. Justice Department for Documents Relating to the North Charleston, S.C. Police ...
January 08, 2018
LDF Urges Alabama Secretary of State’s Office to Prevent Voting Issues in Future Elections
January 08, 2018
Civil Rights Groups Send Letter to DHS Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen
January 06, 2018
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Trump’s Now-Disbanded Voter Suppression Commission on MSNBC
January 06, 2018
Sherrilyn Ifill Pens Op-Ed for Newsweek: Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Was Always About Race—And It Still Is
January 05, 2018
Civil Rights, Housing, and Community Development Organizations Call on HUD to Maintain a Critical Fair Housing Tool and ...
January 05, 2018
LDF Condemns Renomination of Thomas Farr; Renews Call for Additional Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
January 05, 2018
We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet: Why Disbanding the #ShamCommission Isn’t the End of the Fight
January 04, 2018
Civil Rights Organizations File FOIA Requests with Justice Department for Materials Related to Policing Reform Efforts
January 02, 2018
Tribute to LDF Board Member, the Hon. Charles Byron Renfrew
December 26, 2017
Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Against U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Lawsuit Brought by Coalition ...
December 22, 2017
LDF Statement on Attorney General Sessions Rescinding 25 Guidance Documents
December 21, 2017
LDF’s Todd Cox Discusses Voting Rights in Alabama on NewsOne Now
December 21, 2017
TMI Fellow Richard Rothstein Discusses His Book “The Color of Law” on NewsOne Now
December 20, 2017
LDF Sends Letter to Baltimore County Council on Affordable Housing in Proposed Towson Row Development Plan
December 19, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Pens Op-Ed for TIME: Black Voters in Alabama Mattered Way Before Doug Jones Beat Roy Moore
December 18, 2017
Civil Rights Groups To Present Argument In Lawsuit Against U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Over Suspension ...
December 18, 2017
LDF’s Todd Cox Discusses Trump’s Judicial Nominees with Huffington Post
December 15, 2017
LDF’s Todd Cox: Senators Must Work Harder To Properly Judge Our Judges
December 14, 2017
LDF Sends Letter to Alabama Secretary of State Identifying Voting Issues Observed During Special U.S. Senate Election
December 14, 2017
LDF Statement on FCC Vote to Dismantle Net Neutrality Rules
December 14, 2017
LDF Celebrates Ruling From New York’s Highest Court to Help End Racially-Tainted Wrongful Convictions
December 14, 2017
LDF to Deliver Oral Arguments in Eleventh Circuit in Ongoing Fight to Desegregate Alabama School District
December 12, 2017
LDF Statement on Senator Grassley Advising the White House to Reconsider the Judicial Nominations of Brett Talley and ...
December 11, 2017
LDF Client Pens Op-Ed in New York Times on Our Case Challenging Alabama’s Voter ID Law Which Disenfranchises ...
December 11, 2017
LDF Client Pens Op-ed in New York Times on Our Case Challenging Alabama’s Voter ID Law Which Disenfranchises ...
December 08, 2017
LDF Submits Testimony for U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Hearing on the School-to-Prison Pipeline
December 07, 2017
Class of Job Applicants Reach Settlement Resolving Lawsuit over Discriminatory Impact of WMATA’s Criminal Background Screening Policy
December 07, 2017
LDF’s Leah Aden in CityLab: At-Large Electoral Method in Columbus, Ohio Could be Racially Discriminatory
December 07, 2017
LDF’s Leah Aden in City Lab: At-Large Electoral Method in Columbus, OH Might Be Racially Discriminatory
December 07, 2017
LDF Statement on Sentencing of Former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager
December 05, 2017
LDF’s Cristian Farias on Masterpiece Cakeshop: We’ve Already Litigated This
December 05, 2017
LDF Returns to Appellate Court to Protect Wins Against Texas’ Voter ID Laws
December 04, 2017
LDF’s JP Schnapper-Casteras Connects LDF SCOTUS Case Addressing Racial Discrimination to Masterpiece Cakeshop in Harvard Law Review
December 01, 2017
LDF Files Open Records Request Concerning Tulsa Police Department
December 01, 2017
LDF Releases Report on the Effects of Implicit Bias in School Discipline for Students of Color
November 30, 2017
LDF Provides Input on Independent Monitor’s Priorities for First Year of Implementing Policing Reform Agreement in Baltimore
November 28, 2017
LDF’s Janai Nelson: Tamir Rice, the Loss of Black Innocence and the Still Urgent Need for Policing Reform
November 28, 2017
LDF Opposes Confirmation of Judicial Nominee Mark Norris
November 27, 2017
Thirty-Six National and State Organizations Jointly Demand Additional Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings for Brett Talley and Thomas Farr
November 22, 2017
LDF’s Leah Aden: Don’t Politicize the 2020 Census
November 20, 2017
LDF’s Todd A. Cox Pens You’re on Your Own: DOJ Done Providing Guidance Clarifying Federal Law
November 17, 2017
LDF Calls on Trump Administration to Keep School Discipline Guidance
November 17, 2017
LDF Sends Letter to Columbus City Council Over At-Large Electoral Method
November 16, 2017
LDF Calls for New Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings for Brett Talley and Thomas Farr
November 16, 2017
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Trump’s Unqualified Judicial Nominees on MSNBC
November 14, 2017
Fifth Circuit Rejects Louisiana’s Attempt to Prematurely Appeal Voting Rights Decision
November 14, 2017
Stafford County Circuit Court Declines Relief to Voters Unable to Certify Provisional Ballots
November 14, 2017
LDF’s Kyle Barry Discusses the Lack of Diversity in Judicial Candidates On NewsOne Now
November 13, 2017
LDF’s Kyle Barry: No End in (Over)Sight: Civil Rights Questions for Sessions
November 13, 2017
LDF Files Emergency Lawsuit in Virginia State Court Seeking Relief for Voters on Election Day
November 09, 2017
LDF’s Kyle Barry: Trump Threatens Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law with “Not Qualified” Nominees
November 08, 2017
LDF Defends Intentional Discrimination Ruling Against Texas Photo ID Law on Appeal and Fights for Full Relief for ...
November 07, 2017
LDF Statement on Trial Board’s Determination Baltimore Officer Caesar Goodson Did Not Violate Department Policies
November 07, 2017
Civil Rights & Criminal Justice Reform Organizations File Amicus Brief in Louisiana Felony Disenfranchisement Case
November 06, 2017
LDF Files Response to Alabama’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Alabama Photo Voter ID Law Case
November 06, 2017
LDF Statement on Acquittal of NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs for Delrawn Small’s Death
November 06, 2017
LDF Statement on Acquittal of NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs for Delrawn Small’s Death
November 03, 2017
The Moment is Now: NAACP legal 31st Annual National Equal Justice Awards
November 02, 2017
LDF’s Leah Aden Discusses EEOC Guidance on Use of Criminal Background Checks in The Nation
November 02, 2017
LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute Senior Fellow Richard Rothstein Wins Brooklyn Public Library 2017 Literary Prize
November 01, 2017
LDF Files Amicus Brief in Texas Death Penalty Case
November 01, 2017
Detroit Homeowners Seek Appeal to Michigan Supreme Court in Lawsuit Challenging Racially Discriminatory Tax Foreclosures
November 01, 2017
Detroit Homeowners Seek Appeal to Michigan Supreme Court in Lawsuit Challenging Racially Discriminatory Tax Foreclosures
November 01, 2017
LDF’s Kyle Barry: What You Need to Know About the Senate’s Big Week on Judges
October 30, 2017
LDF’s Ajmel Quereshi Discusses Our Work to Fight Racial Profiling on Airlines in Washington Post
October 30, 2017
LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Same-Sex Couple Denied Public Accommodations in Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
October 30, 2017
LDF’s Leah Aden in Atlanta Black Star: Fighting for a Fair Chance to Elect a Judicial Candidate in ...
October 27, 2017
LDF Urges Texas Secretary of State to Protect Voting Rights of Hurricane Harvey Victims
October 27, 2017
LDF Sends Letter to U.S. Attorney in St. Louis Requesting an Investigation into Police Actions at Ongoing Protests
October 26, 2017
LDF & North Charleston Partners Send Letter to City Leadership Demanding Renewed Commitment to Community-Oriented Policing Reforms
October 26, 2017
LDF & North Charleston Partners Send Letter to City Leadership Demanding Renewed Commitment to Community-Oriented Policing Reforms
October 25, 2017
Civil and Worker Rights Groups File Amicus Brief Supporting EEOC Guidance on Employer Use of Criminal Background Checks ...
October 25, 2017
LDF Responds to Senate Resolution Repealing New CFPB Rule
October 24, 2017
LDF’s Monique Dixon: North Charleston Residents Should Pressure City Officials to Demand Policing Report
October 23, 2017
LDF’s Leah Aden: Public Money is Going Toward Defending Discrimination in Louisiana
October 23, 2017
Civil Rights Groups Sue U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Over Suspension of Rule Assisting Low-Income Families
October 23, 2017
Civil Rights Groups Sue U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Over Suspension of Rule Assisting Low-Income Families
October 18, 2017
Civil Rights Leaders Urge Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose District Court Nominee Thomas Farr
October 17, 2017
LDF’s Kyle Barry: Keeping (Over)Sight of Civil Rights
October 12, 2017
LDF Files FOIA Requests with St. Louis-Area Law Enforcement Agencies Concerning Police Actions at Ongoing Protests
October 12, 2017
Muslim Advocates and LDF Urge Airlines to Institute Anti-Bias Training
October 12, 2017
LDF’s Leah Aden in ProPublica: Gill v. Whitford SCOTUS Outcome Could Offer Tool for Fighting Racial Discrimination
October 11, 2017
LDF Pens Letter to Texas Secretary of State Urging Protection of Voters after Hurricane Harvey
October 08, 2017
Janai Nelson Discusses SCOTUS Gerrymandering Case on AM Joy
October 07, 2017
LDF Statement on FBI’s Offensive “Black Identity Extremist” Report
October 06, 2017
LDF Hosts Reception Celebrating the Thurgood Marshall Institute
October 05, 2017
LDF Launches National “Reclaim Your Vote” Campaign to Combat Voter Suppression
October 03, 2017
LDF Statement on Court Approval of Independent Monitor Team for Baltimore Consent Decree
October 03, 2017
LDF’s Janai Nelson in Op-Ed for Trib Talk: Texas is Textbook Case for Restoring VRA to Full Strength
October 02, 2017
LDF Files Partial Summary Judgment Motion Opposing Alabama Voter ID Law
October 02, 2017
LDF and Impact Fund’s Op-Ed in The Hill: American Workers’ Civil Rights Depend on Access to Open Courts
October 02, 2017
LDF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Thurgood Marshall’s Swearing-In to the U.S. Supreme Court
September 29, 2017
LDF Files TPIA Requests Related to Conditions at Texas Prisons and Detention Facilities Following Hurricane Harvey
September 26, 2017
TRIBUTE: Opal E. Bond, LDF Office Administrator from 1981-2015
September 25, 2017
LDF Files SCOTUS Amicus Brief Opposing Voter Purges
September 22, 2017
LDF’s Leah Aden Discusses Our Pivotal Louisiana Voting Rights Case with Rewire
September 20, 2017
LDF Statement on Proposed Independent Monitor Team for Baltimore Consent Decree
September 19, 2017
LDF Testifies on Voting Rights Before the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee
September 18, 2017
LDF Files Amicus Brief Opposing President’s Travel Ban
September 18, 2017
LDF Files FOIA Request to Ensure Safety of Prisoners During Emergencies
September 16, 2017
Janai Nelson Discusses Trump’s Voter Suppression Commission on AM Joy
September 15, 2017
NAACP LDF Statement on Justice Department Scaling Back Key Policing Reform Initiative
September 14, 2017
LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute Launches New Website
September 12, 2017
LDF Statement on Reports Suggesting the Justice Department Will Not Charge Baltimore Police Officers Responsible for Killing Freddie ...
September 12, 2017
LDF Pens Letter Urging Investigation of Prison Conditions in Beaumont, Texas Following Hurricane Harvey
September 11, 2017
LDF Client Beverly Harrison Shares Story of Being Denied Employment Because of A Decades-Old Conviction in The Marshall ...
September 07, 2017
Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Senate Democratic Leadership, Discuss Efforts to Combat Hate and Protect Civil Rights
September 06, 2017
Statement In Response to the Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing of Eric Dreiband, the Nominee to be Assistant ...
September 05, 2017
LDF Files Amicus Brief in Gill v. Whitford Challenging Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Scheme
September 05, 2017
LDF’s Deuel Ross in CityLab: ID Laws Disenfranchise Voters in Wake of a Hurricane
September 05, 2017
LDF Statement on the Trump Administration Ending DACA
August 31, 2017
LDF’s Kyle Barry: It’s Time for Senators Against White Supremacy to Match Rhetoric to Votes on Nominees
August 31, 2017
LatinoJustice and MALDEF Join LDF and The Ordinary People Society in Lawsuit Challenging EIC
August 31, 2017
LDF Statement in Response to September 6 Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing
August 30, 2017
LDF Statement on Trump Administration Halting Equal Pay Data Collection
August 29, 2017
Janai Nelson Discusses Ending the Influence of White Supremacy in Public Policy in the Huffington Post
August 28, 2017
LDF Statement on Trump Administration Ending Restrictions on Transfer of Military Equipment to Local Law Enforcement
August 28, 2017
LDF Statement on the President’s Reported Plan to End Ban on Transfer of Military Equipment to Local Law ...
August 26, 2017
LDF Statement on the Pardoning of Joe Arpaio
August 24, 2017
LDF Files FOIA Request with the U.S. Justice Department for Documents Relating to the North Charleston, S.C. Police ...
August 23, 2017
Texas District Court Permanently Strikes Down Intentionally Discriminatory Photo ID Law
August 23, 2017
LDF Statement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Decision Not to Charge NYPD Officers for Killing Mohamed Bah
August 22, 2017
Natasha Merle Discusses LDF’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Voter Suppression Commission on The Breach
August 22, 2017
A Tribute to Dick Gregory
August 21, 2017
LDF Statement on New York Police Union’s ‘Blue Racism’ Video
August 21, 2017
A Tribute to George Bundy Smith and E. Richard Larson
August 20, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill on Face the Nation: Congress Has to Deal With Reality of White Supremacy In Their Policies
August 18, 2017
LDF’s Sam Spital in Op-Ed for Salon: There’s Never Been “Many Sides” to American Racial Terror
August 18, 2017
Court Decision in Louisiana Voting Rights Case Changes the Course of History for Black Voters for the Better
August 17, 2017
LDF Statement on Removal of Carl Paladino from Buffalo School Board
August 17, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Says Congress Should Take Real Action on The Rachel Maddow Show
August 16, 2017
Civil Rights Groups File Amicus Brief As SCOTUS Scrutinizes Workers’ Rights
August 16, 2017
Civil Rights Groups Statement on Mystic Valley Regional Charter School’s Updated Hair and Make-Up Policy
August 16, 2017
Federal Court Finds Texas Intentionally Discriminated Against Hispanic Voters
August 15, 2017
LDF Statement on the President’s Backtracking on Condemnation of White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville
August 14, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on HUD’s Suspension of Key Rule for Housing Vouchers
August 14, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill on White Nationalist Violence in Charlottesville with Ari Melber
August 14, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Violence in Charlottesville on Andrea Mitchell Reports
August 14, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the President’s Attack on Merck CEO for Principled Stance
August 14, 2017
LDF Statement on the President’s Latest Reaction to White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville
August 13, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville with Joy Ann Reid
August 12, 2017
LDF Statement on the Violent White Supremacist Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
August 08, 2017
LDF Statement on the Justice Department’s New Interpretation of Federal Voting Rights Law
August 07, 2017
LDF Appeals District Court Ruling in Alabama Desegregation Case
August 03, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill in New York Times: Racial Justice Demands Affirmative Action
August 02, 2017
Janai Nelson Discusses DOJ’s Intent to Challenge Affirmative Action on Andrea Mitchell Reports
August 02, 2017
LDF Sends FOIA Request to USDOT in Response to Red Line Complaint Closure
August 02, 2017
LDF Statement on Reports Detailing Justice Department Efforts to Undermine Affirmative Action
August 01, 2017
Michigan Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Lawsuit Challenging Racially Discriminatory Tax Foreclosures in Detroit
August 01, 2017
Civil Rights & Worker Rights Groups Seek to Defend Landmark EEOC Criminal Records Guidance in Texas Federal Lawsuit
July 28, 2017
LDF Statement on President Trump’s Remarks Encouraging Police Brutality
July 27, 2017
LDF Condemns Justice Department Retreat from LGBTQ Rights
July 27, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill in Salon: Trump’s Election Integrity Commission is Illegal and Unconstitutional
July 26, 2017
LDF Responds to President’s Tweets Regarding Transgender Americans in the Military
July 25, 2017
LDF Opposes House Vote Against Vulnerable Consumers
July 23, 2017
Todd Cox Discusses the Voter Fraud Myth on PoliticsNation
July 23, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission on AM Joy
July 20, 2017
LDF Statement on the Proposed Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017
July 18, 2017
LDF and Local Alabama Organization File Federal Lawsuit Challenging President’s “Election Integrity” Commission
July 18, 2017
LDF Files Response to Texas and DOJ in Voter ID Case
July 17, 2017
LDF Provides Feedback on Monitor Candidates in Baltimore
July 13, 2017
LDF Statement on U.S. Transportation Department’s Decision to Close Red Line Inquiry
July 12, 2017
LDF Finds Disturbing Racial Disparities in North Charleston PD’s Complaint Process
July 12, 2017
LDF Welcomes Senate Bill to Shut Down President’s Election Integrity Commission
July 12, 2017
LDF Files FOIA requests to Ensure Key Civil Rights Protections for Students
July 11, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Whether Black Lives Matter to the Courts
July 11, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Exposes Absurdity of Trump’s Election Integrity Commission in Washington Post
July 10, 2017
LDF Welcomes New Rule to Protect Consumers from Predatory Financial Products
July 10, 2017
LDF and Allies Announce Recommendations for Ohio State Education Plan
July 05, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Shooting of NYPD Officer Familia
July 02, 2017
Five More Things You Didn’t Know About Thurgood Marshall
July 01, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill on The Rachel Maddow Show: Voter Fraud Lie Being Used to Engage in Voter Suppression
June 30, 2017
LDF and ACLU of Michigan Continue to Fight for Flint Residents Once Again at Risk of Losing Homes
June 29, 2017
What You Need to Know About President Trump’s Pick to Lead DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
June 29, 2017
LDF Statement on Nomination of Eric Dreiband to Lead Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division
June 29, 2017
LDF Statement on Kris Kobach’s Request for Publicly Available Voter-Roll Data
June 28, 2017
LDF Statement on Selection of the Civilian Oversight Task Force in Baltimore
June 28, 2017
Five Facts About the Education Trend Threatening to Further Segregate Schools
June 26, 2017
LDF’s Leah Aden in Op-Ed for The Hill: It’s Time to Restore Full Power to the Voting Rights ...
June 26, 2017
Christina A. Swarns to Step Down as LDF Litigation Director to Lead Office of Appellate Defender
June 23, 2017
LDF’s Raymond Audain Explains Why Buffalo School Board Member Carl Paladino Must Be Removed
June 23, 2017
LDF Statement on Mistrial of Former University of Cincinnati Police Officer for Samuel DuBose’s Death
June 21, 2017
LDF’s Monique Lin-Luse on Communities Seceding from School Districts and Intentional Discrimination in 2017
June 19, 2017
LDF Statement on Temporary Restraining Order to Stop the Lowering of Desegregation Standards in Hartford
June 17, 2017
LDF Condemns Education Department’s Decision to Scale Back Civil Rights Enforcement
June 17, 2017
LDF Statement on Temporary Restraining Order to Stop the Lowering of Desegregation Standards in Hartford
June 16, 2017
LDF Statement on Acquittal of St. Anthony Police Officer for Death of Philando Castile
June 16, 2017
LDF Statement on the Second Anniversary of the Mother Emanuel Shooting
June 16, 2017
Dignity in Schools Campaign, LDF, Local Advocates Announce Recommendations for Mississippi State Education Plan
June 14, 2017
LDF’s Kyle Barry Breaks Down Civil Rights Views of Judicial Nominees in Politico Magazine
June 14, 2017
LDF Files Amicus Brief in Circuit Court Defending Voting Rights Act
June 09, 2017
Terrebonne Parish: LDF’s Post-Voting Rights Trial Findings
June 09, 2017
The Advocate: We Still Need Majority-Minority Judicial Sub-Districts
June 08, 2017
LDF Urges NY State Assembly Members to Oppose Bill Expanding Hate Crime Coverage to Law Enforcement
June 07, 2017
Christina Swarns Discusses Racially-Charged Death Penalty Case of Duane Buck in New York Times
June 06, 2017
Civil Rights Leaders Call for Scrutiny of DeVos’ Commitment to Civil Rights and Students
June 06, 2017
LDF Presents Argument in Louisiana Charter School Desegregation Case
June 05, 2017
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill to Receive Harvard Law Award
June 02, 2017
Ending Racial Profiling of Muslims on Airlines
June 02, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Voter ID Bill in Texas
June 01, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Amicus Brief in Key Texas Voting Rights Case
May 31, 2017
LDF Statement on Charges Filed Against NYPD Officer Responsible for Killing Deborah Danner
May 30, 2017
LDF Statement on Internal Discipline for Cleveland Police Officers Responsible for Killing Tamir Rice
May 25, 2017
LDF Expands Efforts to Monitor Presidential Election Commission
May 25, 2017
LDF Statement on Alabama Governor Signing Bill Enfranchising Thousands
May 25, 2017
LDF Statement on New Research Showing an Increase in School Segregation in the South
May 24, 2017
LDF Calls on Congress to reject the President’s Education Budget
May 23, 2017
LDF’s Director of Policy Todd Cox Testifies at EEOC Hearing
May 22, 2017
LDF Statement on Internal Discipline for Baltimore Police Officers Responsible for Killing Freddie Gray
May 22, 2017
LDF Statement on Lynching Remark by Mississippi State Legislator
May 22, 2017
LDF Urges Alabama Governor to Sign Bill Enfranchising Thousands
May 22, 2017
Civil Rights Groups Retained to Represent African American Teens Punished for Wearing Braids at Massachusetts Charter School
May 22, 2017
Civil Rights Groups Retained to Represent African American Teens Punished for Wearing Braids at Massachusetts Charter School
May 22, 2017
LDF Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down Two Racially Gerrymandered Districts in North Carolina
May 19, 2017
Case in Point: LDF Outlines Four Holes in Officer Betty Shelby’s Defense
May 18, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Acquittal of Tulsa Police Officer for Death of Terence Crutcher
May 17, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill in CNN Op-Ed: Brown’s Legacy Provides Important Lesson at Challenging Moment in Nation
May 17, 2017
LDF’s Todd Cox Joins NPR’s On Point to Discuss DOJ Charging and Sentencing Directive
May 16, 2017
ACLU and LDF Call on Flint City Council to Impose Moratorium on Property Liens for Unpaid Water Bills
May 16, 2017
Richard Rothstein in The Washington Post: Brown’s Promise Unattainable Without Desegregation of Neighborhoods
May 16, 2017
Richard Rothstein in Op-Ed for The Guardian: De Facto Segregation is Largely a Myth
May 15, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision Not to Review North Carolina Voter ID Law
May 15, 2017
LDF’s Todd Cox in Op-Ed for The Hill: Congress Must Reject Political Pandering and Focus on Real Policing ...
May 14, 2017
Janai Nelson Discusses Myth of Voter Fraud and Other Barriers to the Ballot on AM Joy
May 13, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses AG Sessions Regressive Drug Policy on AM Joy
May 13, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Criminal Justice Reform on All In with Chris Hayes
May 12, 2017
LDF’s Kyle Barry: Grassley Should Uphold Senate’s Critical Role in Appointing Federal Judges
May 12, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges Missouri General Assembly to Oppose Proposed Enhanced Penalties for Crimes Against Law Enforcement
May 12, 2017
LDF Statement on Attorney General Sessions Charging and Sentencing Directive
May 11, 2017
Civil Rights Organizations Call for Special Prosecutor in Russia Investigation
May 11, 2017
Civil Rights Organizations Call for Special Prosecutor in Russia Investigation
May 11, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Expected Voter Fraud Commission
May 11, 2017
LDF Files Freedom of Information Act Requests in Response to Voter Fraud Commission
May 10, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill and Richard Rothstein Join NPR’s 1A to Address the Continued Effects of Housing Segregation
May 10, 2017
Mother Jones: EPA Abruptly Closes Longstanding Civil Rights Complaint on Landfill in Historic Black Community
May 08, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Expresses Concern About Trump Administration’s Nominees to Federal Bench
May 06, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Murder Charges in Police Shooting of Jordan Edwards
May 05, 2017
Monique Lin-Luse in U.S News and World Report: Public Schools Provide True Opportunity to Pursue Integration
May 05, 2017
LDF’s Christina Swarns Co-Authors Op-Ed in Houston Chronicle on Permanently Ending Harris County’s Unjust Bail System
May 03, 2017
Houma Times: Terrebonne Judicial Trial Raises Fundamental Questions about Equality of Opportunity for Black Residents
May 03, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund on Trump’s 100 Days
May 03, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the U.S. Justice Department’s Decision Not to Charge Baton Rouge Police Officers ...
May 03, 2017
Historic Black Community Condemns EPA for Failing to Enforce Civil Rights
May 02, 2017
NAACP LDF Statement Concerning Former Officer Michael Slager’s Guilty Plea
May 02, 2017
LDF Celebrates 45th Anniversary of Earl Warren Legal Training Program
May 01, 2017
LDF Statement on Decision in Important Fair Housing Case
May 01, 2017
LDF Continues Leading Charge to Remove Paladino from Buffalo School Board
April 30, 2017
LDF Marks Anniversary of Batson Decision, Reaffirms Importance of Impartial Jury Selection
April 29, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis Statement on Preliminary Injunction to End Wealth-Based Bail ...
April 28, 2017
The Atlantic Covers LDF’s Pivotal Voting Rights Case Challenging Judicial Elections in Louisiana
April 27, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Responds to Directive to Keep White Students Together in Florida Elementary School
April 27, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Arkansas’s Extreme Execution Schedule
April 26, 2017
LDF Urges House Judiciary Committee to Oppose the Proposed Thin Blue Line Bill
April 26, 2017
LDF Statement on Trump’s Executive Order Calling for Local Control of K-12 Schools
April 26, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund and a Coalition of Organizations Committed to Advancing Constitutional Policing Send Letter to OMB ...
April 26, 2017
Trial in Baton Rouge is the Culmination of a Nearly 30-Year Battle for Voting Rights for Black People
April 25, 2017
LDF Responds to Decision in Key Alabama Desegregation Case
April 25, 2017
Federal Judge Grants Class Certification in Case Challenging WMATA’s Use of Overly Broad and Punitive Criminal Background Screening ...
April 24, 2017
Jin Hee Lee Discusses LDF’s Opposition to NYPD’s Body Worn Camera Pilot Program on the Brian Lehrer Show
April 24, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill and Deuel Ross Discuss Importance of Redistricting in Florissant to Ensure Black Voters Can Participate Equally ...
April 21, 2017
Civil Rights Groups File Brief with Florida Supreme Court in Support of State Attorney Ayala’s Opposition to Death ...
April 21, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Florida State Legislature’s Resolution Exonerating the “Groveland Four”
April 20, 2017
Baltimore in Focus
April 20, 2017
Christina Swarns Discusses Victory In Racially-Charged Death Penalty Case of Duane Buck on As It Happens
April 20, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Objects to Policies and Procedures of NYPD’s Body Worn Camera Pilot Program
April 19, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Second Anniversary of Freddie Gray’s Death
April 19, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Second Anniversary of Freddie Gray’s Death
April 19, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Second Anniversary of Freddie Gray’s Death
April 18, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Says Courts Should Instruct Juries on Racial Bias in Eyewitness Identifications
April 14, 2017
Janai Nelson on CBS News: Voter Fraud Myth in Texas Debunked Many Times Over
April 14, 2017
Federal Court Vacates Death Sentence of NAACP Legal Defense Fund Client Duane Buck Following Supreme Court Victory Last ...
April 13, 2017
LDF’s Monique Dixon Discusses the Power of Federal Policing Reform
April 13, 2017
LDF Statement on the Passing of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam
April 12, 2017
LDF Sends Letter to Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Urging Immediate Stay of Seven Scheduled Executions Over 11 Days
April 12, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill on Democracy Now: We Can’t Go Backwards on Policing and Drug Policy
April 10, 2017
Federal Court Finds Texas’ Voter ID Law Passed With Discriminatory Purpose
April 10, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Denial of the Request to Intervene in the Justice Department Review ...
April 10, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill on Politics Nation: AG Jeff Sessions Walking Away From Obligation to Protect Communities From Unconstitutional Policing
April 07, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Court Approval of the Consent Decree for the Baltimore Police Department
April 07, 2017
Judge Gorsuch Must Prove Himself To Be a Justice for All Americans
April 06, 2017
Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss NAACP LDF’s Lawsuit Against Discriminatory Alabama Voter ID Law
April 06, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Requests to Intervene in Justice Department Review of the Baltimore Police Department to Ensure ...
April 06, 2017
LDF Statement on Judge Gorsuch’s Failure to Attract 60 Votes Necessary to End Debate on Nomination
April 05, 2017
Monique Dixon Discusses Baltimore Consent Decree Hearing on Marc Steiner Show
April 04, 2017
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund Responds to Arkansas’s Extreme Execution Schedule
April 04, 2017
LDF Statement on the Department of Justice’s Decision to Delay Baltimore Consent Decree Hearing and Memo Directing Review ...
April 02, 2017
Reflections of Former President and Director-Counsel Ted Shaw on the Legacy of William T. Coleman, Jr.
April 01, 2017
LDF Commemorates William T. Coleman, Jr., 1920-2017
March 31, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis File Brief Urging Immediate End to Wealth-Based Bail ...
March 29, 2017
LDF Statement on the Resignation of Richard Haste, Former NYPD Officer Involved in the 2012 Killing of Ramarley ...
March 28, 2017
LDF Commemorates Roger Wilkins, 1932-2017
March 27, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill in CNN: Tragic Killing of Timothy Caughman Act of Domestic Terrorism
March 24, 2017
Angel Harris on Democracy Now!: We Must Look at Racial Disparities of the Death Penalty
March 23, 2017
LDF Urges Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Address Uptick in Race-Based Hate Crimes
March 23, 2017
Vanita Gupta to be New President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
March 21, 2017
LDF’s Todd Cox on the Three Questions Senators Must Ask Judge Gorsuch
March 20, 2017
Happy Birthday, LDF! 5 Things You May Not Know About the Nation’s Oldest Civil Rights Legal Organization
March 19, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch’s Record on Civil Rights on AM Joy
March 16, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Releases Comprehensive Report on the Civil Rights Record of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, Nominee ...
March 16, 2017
LDF’s Deuel Ross Co-Authors Op-ed in Hartford Courant on Ensuring Students Get Integrated Education
March 16, 2017
LDF Supports Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala in Historic Decision to Not Seek the Death Penalty in Future ...
March 15, 2017
LDF’s Sonia Gill Hernandez and Angel Harris in Courier-Journal: “Blue Lives Matter” Bill is Harmful to Communities and ...
March 13, 2017
LDF Urges Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin to Veto “Blue Lives Matter” Bill
March 13, 2017
Statement from Sherrilyn Ifill on Shameful Racially Charged Remarks from Rep. Steve King
March 13, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Heads to Court in Louisiana Voting Rights Case
March 12, 2017
LDF Senior Counsel Leah Aden Discusses Minority Judgeship Lawsuit in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
March 10, 2017
Janai Nelson Joins TheFourFiftyOne Podcast to Highlight LDF’s Voting Rights Work
March 09, 2017
James Cadogan and Melanie R. Newman Join LDF in Key Leadership Positions
March 09, 2017
LDF Statement on Senate Vote Eliminating Critical Public Education Safeguards
March 08, 2017
LDF’s Janai Nelson Joins MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports to Discuss Crucial Texas Voter ID Case
March 08, 2017
LDF Files Brief in Support of Older Worker Seeking SCOTUS Review of Employment Discrimination Suit
March 07, 2017
Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Attorney General Jeff Sessions
March 07, 2017
Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Attorney General Jeff Sessions
March 07, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Comments on the Proposed Baltimore Consent Decree
March 07, 2017
New Report Highlights Stark Racial Disparities in Prisoner Exonerations
March 07, 2017
The Times Picayune: Breaking Down Barriers for Black Terrebonne Parish Voters
March 06, 2017
President Trump’s Revised Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees Continues to Persecute and Discriminate Against Muslims
March 06, 2017
LDF Applauds SCOTUS Ruling That Racial Bias Cannot Be Tolerated in the Criminal Justice System
March 06, 2017
LDF Sends Letter to Senate Leadership Opposing Repeal of Accountability Regulations of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
March 06, 2017
LDF’s Deuel Ross on AL.com: More than 100,000 Alabama Registered Voters Can’t Cast a Ballot
March 06, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses the Future of Civil and Voting Rights Under Jeff Sessions on AM Joy
March 04, 2017
Janai Nelson Discusses Challenging Texas’s Voter ID Law on Slate’s Amicus Podcast with Dahlia Lithwick
March 03, 2017
LDF Calls for Special Prosecutor to Investigate AG Sessions
March 03, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Participates in Historic Selma March Anniversary Events, Calls for Renewed Attention to Challenging Discriminatory ...
March 02, 2017
LDF Files Brief Supporting G.G. in First Transgender Rights Case to Reach Supreme Court
March 01, 2017
LDF on HBCU Executive Order, Race-Conscious Policies Key to Educational Equality
February 28, 2017
LDF Returns to Texas Federal Court to Show Strictest Photo ID Law in Country Enacted with the Intent ...
February 27, 2017
60 Civil Rights Groups Urge DeVos to Select an Assistant Secretary who will Protect Civil Rights of All ...
February 24, 2017
LDF Opposes Voter Fraud Task Force, Urges Leaders Not to Legitimize
February 24, 2017
LDF on Justice Department’s Decision to Rescind Obama-Era Guidance Reducing Federal Use of Private Prisons
February 23, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Statement on Voting Rights in Texas
February 23, 2017
Civil and Human Rights Community Condemns Rescission of Title IX Guidance Clarifying Protections for Transgender Students
February 22, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Wins Major Victory in United States Supreme Court
February 20, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses New Voter Suppression Efforts on AM Joy
February 17, 2017
100,000 National Guard Troops Would Turn Our Country into a Police State
February 16, 2017
LDF Applauds Decision of Washington Supreme Court in Favor of Same-Sex Couple Seeking Wedding Floral Arrangements
February 15, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill in Washington Post: President Laying Groundwork for Nationwide Voter Intimidation Program
February 14, 2017
LDF Statement on Recent Deporation Raids
February 14, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Gives Powerful Talk at 2017 MAKERS Conference
February 14, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Gives Powerful Talk at 2017 MAKERS Conference
February 11, 2017
The Advocate: Ensuring Terrebonne’s Black Community has Voice in Electing Judges
February 10, 2017
President Trump’s Executive Orders on Crime Reduction Ignores the Need for Policing Reforms
February 09, 2017
Attorney General Sessions Must Adhere to Promises, Be Accountable to the People
February 08, 2017
Joint Statement of Black Women Leaders on Senator Mitch McConnell’s Attempts to Silence Words of Mrs. Coretta Scott ...
February 08, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill in Slate on Deliberate Silencing of Coretta Scott King’s Voice for 30 years
February 07, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses What Comes Next in Good Magazine
February 07, 2017
Confirmation of DeVos Shameful Dereliction of Duty
February 03, 2017
ABA Task Force Report Comes at Critical Time for Criminal Justice Reform
February 03, 2017
Educational Accountability Regulations Cannot Be Overturned
February 01, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses the Nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court on the Tom Joyner Morning Show
February 01, 2017
LCCHR Releases Powerful Video on Sen. Sessions
February 01, 2017
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General Despite His Lifelong Opposition to Civil Rights
February 01, 2017
LDF Celebrates Black History Month: Looking Back and Forging Ahead
February 01, 2017
Statement of LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill on the Nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
January 31, 2017
Senate Committee Votes in Favor of Betsy DeVos Despite Lack of Experience to Lead DOE
January 31, 2017
Petition Filed Calling for Removal of Carl Paladino from Buffalo School Board
January 31, 2017
LDF Announces Consent Decree in Banks v. St. James Parish School Board
January 30, 2017
Elizabeth Olsson: Hearing Underscores Betsy DeVos Unqualified to Lead Department of Education
January 30, 2017
Janai Nelson in Huffington Post Blog: DOJ’s Responsibility to Serve as Impartial Bulwark of Democracy
January 30, 2017
Five Things to Know About Jeff Sessions’ Testimony
January 30, 2017
Education Advocates Urge State Departments of Education to Improve School Climates Through ESSA State Plans
January 30, 2017
Sessions, DeVos Hearings Underscore Unqualified to Lead
January 28, 2017
Statement from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund on President Trump’s Discriminatory Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees
January 26, 2017
Myths Do Not Require a Federal Investigation
January 26, 2017
Leah Aden in The Intercept: Voter Fraud Lie Used to Disenfranchise Black Voters for Last 150 Years
January 25, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins ‘The Stakes’ Podcast to Discuss Policing Reform and Jeff Sessions
January 25, 2017
Falsehoods on Voting Have Disastrous Consequences
January 24, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Delay in Texas Voter ID Hearing on Andrea Mitchell Reports
January 24, 2017
Leah Aden in ProPublica on Need to Strike Down Texas Photo ID Law Enacted with Discriminatory Purpose
January 24, 2017
LDF Urges Senate Banking Committee to Oppose Ben Carson for HUD Secretary
January 24, 2017
LDF Urges Senate Banking Committee to Oppose Ben Carson for HUD Secretary
January 24, 2017
LDF’s Senior Counsel Leah Aden Joins WVON Radio in Chicago to Discuss Voter Suppression
January 23, 2017
Department of Transportation Review of Baltimore Red Line Cancellation Critical First Step to Upholding Federal Law
January 22, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Joins Women’s Marches in Washington, D.C. and New York City
January 21, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Delay in Texas Voter ID Case
January 20, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill on Unresolved Investigation into Freddie Gray’s Death in Baltimore Sun
January 19, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Salutes President Barack Obama
January 19, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Salutes President Barack Obama
January 19, 2017
Hearing Demonstrates Betsy DeVos Unqualified to Lead Department of Education
January 19, 2017
Attorney General Lynch a Powerful Force for Civil Rights
January 18, 2017
Ahead of Hearing, National Civil Rights Leaders Call for Intense Scrutiny of Secretary of Education Nominee Betsy DeVos
January 18, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Muslim Advocates Commend Flyers’ Bill of Rights
January 18, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses the Impact of the Obama Years on PBS NewsHour
January 17, 2017
National Geographic Travels to Ashurst Bar, Alabama to See the Effects of a Hazardous Waste Dump
January 17, 2017
Leah Aden in American Prospect: Voting Rights Attacks Follow Historic Pattern
January 17, 2017
Monique Dixon on the Future of Consent Decrees in the Daily Beast
January 16, 2017
Read Powerful 1986 Letter from Coretta Scott King Opposing Jeff Sessions for Federal Court Judgeship
January 15, 2017
Deuel Ross on Discriminatory Voting Changes in the New York Times
January 13, 2017
Martin Luther King Day 2017: Learning from His Legacy
January 13, 2017
LDF to HELP Committee: DeVos Record Shows Unprepared to Lead Education Department
January 13, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill in CNN Op-Ed: No Attorney General Nominee Has More Troubling Record Than Sessions
January 13, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Gives Detailed Examination of Jeff Sessions Hearings on Diane Rehm’s Inaugural Podcast
January 13, 2017
Stinging DOJ Report Details Entrenched Racial Bias in Chicago Police Department, Systematic Violation of Residents’ Constitutional Rights
January 13, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Confirmation Hearing for Jeff Sessions on All In With Chris Hayes
January 12, 2017
Baltimore Consent Decree Vital Step for Residents Who Have Waited Decades for Reform
January 12, 2017
Janai Nelson Discusses Racial Progress in America on Brian Lehrer’s POTUS 2017
January 12, 2017
Five Leading Civil Rights Organizations Deeply Concerned About Nomination of Ben Carson to Lead Department of Housing and ...
January 11, 2017
LDF on Sessions Hearings: Day of Inspiring Testimony & Record of Hostility to Civil Rights
January 10, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Updates Report on Sessions Nomination with Documentary Materials
January 10, 2017
LDF’s Kyle Barry on Democracy Now: Senator Sessions Unqualified to Defend Civil Rights
January 10, 2017
NAACP LDF: Sessions Hostile to Principles of Equality, Justice and Civil Rights
January 10, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Talks Senator Sessions and Civil Rights on ABC News
January 09, 2017
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Report to Judiciary Committee in Opposition to Sessions Nomination to Attorney General of ...
January 08, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Opposition to Jeff Sessions on AM Joy
January 06, 2017
Jeff Sessions Should Not be People’s Lawyer
January 06, 2017
Civil Rights Leaders Decry Rushed Confirmation Hearing of Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions
January 04, 2017
Elizabeth Olsson in the Baltimore Sun: Maryland Must Do Better to Keep Troubled Kids in Class
January 03, 2017
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Sessions Opposition in The Nation
December 28, 2016
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Commends USDOT on Agreement to Restore Driver’s License Issuing Offices in Alabama’s ...
December 27, 2016
LDF Letter to New York State Commissioner of Education Urging Her to Remove Carl Paladino from Buffalo School ...
December 27, 2016
Statement of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund on Arrest of Jacqueline Craig by the Fort Worth Police ...
December 22, 2016
Everything You Need to Know About Jeff Sessions
December 22, 2016
Kyle Barry: Sessions Unchanged: Hoastility to Civil Rights Advocacy Hallmark of Career
December 21, 2016
LDF Policy Counsel Kyle Barry on Sessions and Confirmation Process in Roll Call
December 20, 2016
LDF Assistant Counsel Angel Harris Talking Jury Composition on Huffington Post Politics – Watch the Video
December 20, 2016
LDF Commemorates Louis Harris, 1921-2016
December 19, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill on Random House Big Ideas Night Panel with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Chris Hayes, and Rebecca Traister
December 19, 2016
Free the Vote: LDF and The Sentencing Project Release New Report on Felony Disenfranchisement
December 19, 2016
Janai Nelson: Proven Perils of Rolling the Dice on Trump
December 19, 2016
Janai Nelson: Proven Perils of Rolling the Dice on Trump
December 16, 2016
LDF Assistant Counsel Angel Harris in Huffington Post on Troubling Jury Trends
December 16, 2016
LDF’s Kyle Barry: Nominee Sessions Differs from Senator Sessions
December 16, 2016
Accomplished Advocates Adegbile, Llahmon Named to Civil Rights Commission
December 15, 2016
Thurgood Marshall Institute Fellow Richard Rothstein: Criminal Justice Policy Is Education Policy
December 14, 2016
LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill Gives Keynote Address at Baltimore’s Solution Summit
December 14, 2016
Sessions’ SJQ “Woefully Inadequate”: Groups Call for Delay in Hearing Schedule
December 12, 2016
LDF to Michigan Senators: Reject Voter Disfranchisement
December 12, 2016
Thurgood Marshall Institute Senior Fellow Richard Rothstein: We Can’t Meaningfully Integrate Schools Without Desegregating Neighborhoods
December 09, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Discuss Walter Scott Mistrial with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes
December 09, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill on NPR: Trump DOJ has Obligation to Enforce Nation’s Civil Rights Laws
December 08, 2016
LDF on Announcement of Andy Puzder for Labor Department
December 08, 2016
LDF in Louisiana With Prepared to Vote
December 08, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill: How Senators Must Fight Confirmation of Jeff Sessions
December 07, 2016
LDF’s Monique Dixon Discusses Federal Investigations into Police Departments
December 05, 2016
Joint Statement of Civil Rights and Clergy Leaders Concerning Mistrial of Former Officer Michael Slager
December 05, 2016
LDF on Carson for HUD: Little to Indicate Housing Experience, Expertise
December 02, 2016
Monique Lin-Luse on Stout v. Jefferson County: Integrated education a Constitutional right
December 01, 2016
Almost 150 Civil Rights and Progressive Groups Announce Opposition to Sessions Attorney General Nomination
December 01, 2016
LDF on No Charges for Officer in Death of Keith Lamont Scott
November 30, 2016
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges Fifth Circuit to Ensure Education Equality in Louisiana Charter School Desegregation Case
November 29, 2016
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November 29, 2016
NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Supreme Court Should Not Take Up Texas’s Fight to Maintain Voter Suppression Law
November 29, 2016
Christina Swarns Discusses Race and the Criminal Justice System on Criminal Injustice
November 29, 2016
LDF Joins Call to Expand Clemency Eligibility
November 28, 2016
LDF Calls on the United States Department of Transportation to Immediately Address Discriminatory Passenger Removals by Airlines
November 28, 2016
LDF Calls on the United States Department of Transportation to Immediately Address Discriminatory Passenger Removals by Airlines
November 28, 2016
LDF and Earthjustice Urge Alabama Environmental Agency to Oppose Landfill Operation in Historic Black Community
November 28, 2016
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November 24, 2016
Secretary of Education Nominee Betsy DeVos: What You Need to Know
November 24, 2016
Secretary of Education Nominee Betsy DeVos: What You Need to Know
November 23, 2016
LDF Connect – November 2016
November 23, 2016
Janai Nelson in the Boston Herald: Trump’s Disavowal “Disingenuous in the Context of How He Is Building His ...
November 22, 2016
The Fight Continues to Strike Down Texas’s Discriminatory Photo ID Law, Beyond November’s Election
November 18, 2016
EEOC v. Catastrophe Management Solutions
November 18, 2016
What You Need to Know About Sen. Jeff Sessions
November 18, 2016
LDF and Earthjustice Fight Landfill in Historic Alabama Black Community
November 18, 2016
LDF on Nomination of Jeff Sessions: Unimaginable He Could Be Entrusted to Serve as Chief Law Enforcement Officer ...
November 18, 2016
LDF Senior Counsel Leah Aden on Texas Voter ID Law in Texas Tribune
November 17, 2016
LDF Statement on Charges in Police Shooting Death of Philando Castile
November 17, 2016
LDF’s Coty Montag in Mashable on Facebook and Ethnic Affinity Advertising
November 17, 2016
Leah Aden Discusses Voter Suppression in North Carolina in New Republic
November 16, 2016
With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility: Facebook Announces Changes to “Ethnic Affinity” Ad Targeting
November 14, 2016
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Mourns Passing of Trailblazing Journalist Gwen Ifill
November 14, 2016
John Oliver Encourages Viewers to Support LDF On Last Week Tonight
November 14, 2016
Joint Statement of Seven Civil Rights Leaders: Vow to Oppose Threats to Racial Justice Under Trump
November 14, 2016
Joint Statement of Seven Civil Rights Leaders: Vow to Oppose Threats to Racial Justice Under Trump
November 13, 2016
Janai Nelson on AM Joy: “We Must Remain Oppositional and Outraged.”
November 10, 2016
Video: Powerful Words from Sherrilyn Ifill on What Comes Next
November 09, 2016
Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. on the ...
November 09, 2016
NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill: Election Day Demonstrates Need to Restore Voting Rights Act
November 07, 2016
Ajmel Quereshi in ACSblog: Democracy Means Having Opportunity to Seek Relief For Illegal, Predatory Practices
November 07, 2016
Christina Swarns in the New York Times: Dylann Roof Shouldn’t Get The Death Penalty
November 03, 2016
LDF Celebrates The Power of Now at its 30th Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner
November 02, 2016
Joint Statement of Civil Rights Groups on the Murder Trial of Former Officer Michael Slager
November 02, 2016
LDF: Join us for Policing in Public Housing Community Forum, November 17th in Brooklyn
November 01, 2016
LDF to Alabama Secretary of State: Ensure All Election Day Personnel Familiar With Voter Protection Laws
October 31, 2016
Leah Aden in ABA Journal: Voters Without Acceptable Photo ID Have Options in Texas
October 31, 2016
North Charleston in Focus
October 31, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill on PoliticsNation: You Have a Better Chance of Being Struck By Lightning Than Encountering In-Person Voter ...
October 28, 2016
Leah Aden in Reuters: There are Still Too Many Places Where Voting is Going to be Difficult and ...
October 28, 2016
Leah Aden in The Intercept: Voter Intimidation Has Gone Hand in Hand with Growing Political Participation of Minorities
October 27, 2016
LDF: Senator Cruz’s Call for Supreme Court Obstruction Dangerous to Democracy
October 26, 2016
LDF: DNC and RNC Must Pledge to Enact Measures to Ensure Every Voter Able to Participate Equally and ...
October 25, 2016
LDF Proud to Be Part of Atlantic Philanthropies Fellowship Program to Dismantle Anti-Black Racism
October 24, 2016
LDF Joins 19 Organizations and 32 Law School Professors in Filing Amicus Brief Addressing Color Discrimination in Jury ...
October 21, 2016
Deuel Ross Featured in Guardian Short Documentary on Alabama Voting
October 20, 2016
LDF Statement on the Police-Involved Shooting Death of Deborah Danner
October 20, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Voting Rights and Voting Suppression on POTUS 2016 with Brian Lehrer
October 19, 2016
Deuel Ross in TPM: These are Places with a History of Voter Intimidation and Also Very Liberal Gun ...
October 18, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill in the Washington Post: Chief Cunningham Correctly Identifies the Need to Acknowledge and Apologize as a ...
October 17, 2016
Christina Swarns Joins Short List of African American Women to Argue Before Supreme Court
October 15, 2016
Reflections of Former President and Director-Counsel Ted Shaw on the Legacy of Jack Greenberg
October 15, 2016
Reflections of Former President and Director-Counsel Elaine Jones on the Legacy of Jack Greenberg
October 13, 2016
President Obama Honors Jack Greenberg
October 13, 2016
LDF Remembers Civil Rights Icon Jack Greenberg
October 13, 2016
LDF Remembers Civil Rights Icon Jack Greenberg
October 13, 2016
LDF Remembers Civil Rights Icon Jack Greenberg
October 12, 2016
Todd A. Cox Joins NAACP Legal Defense Fund as Director of Policy
October 11, 2016
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Racial Bias in Jury Deliberations Case
October 11, 2016
Liliana Zaragoza in Alliance for Justice: Race Discrimination in Court Trials Must be Eliminated “Root and Branch”
October 11, 2016
LDF Statement on Death of Ken Thompson, District Attorney for Brooklyn
October 05, 2016
Duane Buck Death Penalty Case Argued Before the Supreme Court
October 04, 2016
Ask A Candidate: Vice-Presidential Debate 2016
October 04, 2016
LDF Senior Counsel Leah Aden Comments on Virginia Governor’s Actions to Restore Voting Rights
October 04, 2016
LDF’s Christina Swarns Argues Buck v. Davis Before the Supreme Court
September 30, 2016
Vote for LDF in CREDO’s October Donation Challenge
September 28, 2016
LDF Statement on California Governor Restoring Voting Rights to Over 50,000 Former Felons
September 26, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill in Baltimore Sun on Pepper-sprayed 15 Year-old Girl By Police: When Trained on Only a Hammer, ...
September 25, 2016
Ask A Candidate: Presidential Debate 2016
September 23, 2016
Texas Petition to U.S. Supreme Court Is an End Run Around the Law
September 23, 2016
LDF Statement on Tulsa Indictment and Charlotte Video
September 22, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill in Washington Post: Tie Federal Funding of Local Law Enforcement to Meaningful Reform
September 22, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Race Relations and Policing Reform at Google Zeitgeist Event
September 22, 2016
Janai Nelson Discusses Officer-Involved Shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
September 21, 2016
LDF Statement on Decision Not to Press Charges in Police-Involved Death of Korryn Gaines
September 20, 2016
LDF Requests Independent Investigation into Shooting Death of Korryn Gaines
September 20, 2016
Leah Aden in Fusion: Felony Disenfranchisement Laws Are Part of History of Excluding People of Color from Political ...
September 20, 2016
Janai Nelson Discusses Voter Protection and the VRA at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Legislative Conference
September 19, 2016
Texas Court Order Helps Combat Misinformation Given to Voters
September 19, 2016
LDF Submits Recommendations for Policing Reform in Baltimore to the Justice Department and Baltimore Police Department
September 16, 2016
Leah Aden in Reuters: There’s A History of States Using Stategies to Cut Voting in Minority Communities
September 16, 2016
Janai Nelson in the Los Angeles Times: Felon Disfranchisement is a Stain on Our Democracy
September 10, 2016
Federal Guidelines on Police in Schools Welcome But Don’t Go Far Enough
September 08, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill in The Washington Post on Voter ID Laws: Rationale Doesn’t Match Record
September 08, 2016
WATCH: Baltimore Town Hall on Policing Reforms
September 03, 2016
In Baltimore’s AFRO, Ajmel Quereshi Looks at Links Between the DOJ Policing Report and Questions of Transportation and ...
September 03, 2016
LDF to U.S. Census Bureau: Count Incarcerated Individuals as Community Residents on Census Day
September 01, 2016
LDF and Civil Rights Groups Urge Court to Find Cranston, Rhode Island Prison-based Gerrymandering Scheme Unconstitutional
September 01, 2016
LDF Urges California Governor to Sign Legislation Enabling More Than 50,000 People with Past Felony Convictions to Vote
September 01, 2016
LDF Joins the Election Protection Coalition in Open Letter to Political Parties Concerning Voter Intimidation
August 31, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill in SCOTUSBlog: How Will the Confirmation of a 9th Justice Affect the Future of Diversity in ...
August 29, 2016
LDF Requests Additional Clarification from Baltimore County Police Department
August 29, 2016
Janai Nelson Discusses the History of Housing Discrimination on The Takeaway
August 29, 2016
LDF Files Objection to Gardendale’s Efforts to Stymie Desegregation
August 29, 2016
Janai Nelson in Christian Science Monitor: Voter Photo ID Laws Don’t Protect our Nation In Any Meaningful Way
August 26, 2016
Celebrate the Anniversary of the March on Washington By Continuing Its Work
August 26, 2016
Monique Lin-Luse in Washington Post: Different Choice in Gardendale, AL Can Increase School Integration
August 23, 2016
A Tribute to Clarence C. Finley, 1922-2016
August 22, 2016
LDF Stands Up for African-American Consumers
August 19, 2016
A Tribute to Harry Briggs Jr., One of the Children at the Center of Brown v. Board of ...
August 18, 2016
Yes Magazine Marks Progress Against Discriminatory Voter ID Laws
August 18, 2016
Baltimore Sun Editorial Echoes Questions Raised by LDF Over Korryn Gaines Shooting
August 18, 2016
Deuel Ross in NYT: Resurgent Local Voter Discrimination Impacts Lives of Minority Voters
August 15, 2016
LDF Asks Baltimore County Police Department Critical Questions About Shooting Death of Korryn Gaines
August 10, 2016
LDF: Texas Court Order Ensures Access to Ballot for Hundreds of Thousands, But More Work Remains
August 10, 2016
Scathing DOJ Report Exposes Harsh Reality of Discriminatory Policing in Baltimore
August 09, 2016
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Marks Second Anniversary of Policing-Shooting Death of Michael Brown and Current State of Affairs ...
August 08, 2016
The Washington Post Quotes Sherrilyn Ifill on the Fight Against Recent Voting Restrictions
August 08, 2016
Carlton Mayers Highlights LDF’s Work in Policing Reform in The Guardian
August 08, 2016
Deuel Ross Comments on Alabama Voter ID Law In Wake of Recent Court Decisions
August 07, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Examines Baltimore Policing Reform in the Aftermath of Freddie Gray’s In-Custody Death
August 05, 2016
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund Marks the Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act as Threats to Equal Political ...
August 02, 2016
Lilly Zaragoza Weighs In on Recent Voter ID Court Decisions and Alabama
July 29, 2016
In Huffington Post, Monique Dixon Encouraged by Spotlight on School-to-Prison Pipeline
July 29, 2016
LDF Files Brief for Duane Buck Death Penalty Case Challenging Ineffective Counsel and Racial Bias
July 28, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Argues Brown v. Board of Education Legacy Also Extends to White Children
July 27, 2016
LDF Responds to Dropped Charges for Three Remaining Baltimore Police Officers in Freddie Gray Case
July 25, 2016
LDF to Receive $1 Million Gift from Michael Jordan for Policing Reform Work
July 25, 2016
LDF to Receive $1 Million Gift from Michael Jordan for Policing Reform Work
July 21, 2016
Advocates Call on Mayor and Police Commissioner to Remove Barriers to Police Accountability
July 20, 2016
LDF Applauds Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals En Banc Decision Finding Texas Voter ID Law Discriminatory
July 18, 2016
LDF Statement on the Acquittal of Lt. Brian Rice for His Role in the In-Custody Death of Freddie ...
July 18, 2016
LDF’s Statement on the Shootings of Law Enforcement Officers in Baton Rouge
July 15, 2016
LDF Remembers Eric Garner On Second Anniversary of His Death
July 14, 2016
Janai Nelson Discusses Police-Involved Killings on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
July 14, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Attends White House Meeting with Police, Other Civil Rights Leaders
July 13, 2016
LDF Remembers Sandra Bland
July 13, 2016
Civil Rights Groups Sue Wayne County to End Racially Discriminatory Tax Foreclosures in Detroit
July 11, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Denounces Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Policing Reform
July 08, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Recent Police Involved Shootings with Brian Williams on MSNBC
July 08, 2016
LDF Remembers Civil Rights Pioneer and Former Client Dr. Sonnie Hereford, III
July 08, 2016
LDF Responds to Attack on Law Enforcement and National Tragedy in Dallas, Texas
July 07, 2016
Two Days, Two Deaths: The Back to Back Police Shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile
July 07, 2016
LDF Disappointed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Proposed Residence Criteria for Incarcerated Persons for 2020 Census
July 06, 2016
LDF Responds to Tragic Shooting Death of Alton Sterling
July 05, 2016
Chris Kemmit Talks About the Utah v. Strieff SCOTUS Decision on WPFW emPower Hour
July 04, 2016
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Thurgood Marshall
June 30, 2016
Janai Nelson Discusses Low NYC Voter Turnout on All Things Considered with Jami Floyd
June 29, 2016
LDF Encourages Public Comment on Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program in Partnership with NYU’s Policing Project
June 27, 2016
LDF Statement on Department of Justice Announcement to Address Implicit Bias in Law Enforcement Training
June 27, 2016
Fisher II Media Roundup
June 24, 2016
LDF Statement on the Acquittal of Officer Caesar Goodson Regarding In-Custody Death of Freddie Gray
June 23, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Reaffirms the Importance of Diversity in College Admissions
June 23, 2016
LDF Pushes for Urgent Action in Protecting Minority Voters on Three-Year Anniversary of Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder
June 20, 2016
Janai Nelson Joined a Discussion on the Influence of Big Money on the Electoral Process for Women and ...
June 17, 2016
LDF Remembers the Emanuel Nine One Year Later Amidst Orlando’s Tragic Aftermath
June 17, 2016
LDF Remembers the Emanuel Nine One Year Later Amidst Orlando’s Tragic Aftermath
June 12, 2016
LDF Statement on Tragic Mass Shooting in Orlando, Florida
June 09, 2016
Democracy Diminished: LDF Releases Report on State and Local Threats to Voting Rights Three Years After Landmark Shelby ...
June 08, 2016
LDF’s Statement on New U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Data
June 06, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Texas Death Penalty Case Challenging Racial Bias and Ineffective Lawyering
June 04, 2016
A Tribute to the Life of Muhammad Ali: World Champion Boxer, Outspoken and Courageous Advocate, Global Leader and ...
May 31, 2016
A Tribute to Cassandra Q. Butts, Former LDF Assistant Counsel
May 31, 2016
At LDF’s Urging, Florissant City Council Approves New Redistricting Plan
May 25, 2016
LDF Once Again Argues Case Against Texas Strict Voter Photo Id Law
May 24, 2016
Thurgood Marshall Institute Fellow Richard Rothstein Writes on the Government Accountability Office Report on Segregation
May 23, 2016
LDF Responds to Acquittal of Officer Edward Nero for the In-Custody Death of Freddie Gray
May 23, 2016
LDF Statement on Supreme Court Decisions on Discrimination in the Workplace and in Juries
May 19, 2016
Statement of LDF and South Carolina Civil Rights Leaders on the Justice Department’s Plan to Evaluate the North ...
May 19, 2016
LDF Names Former Attorney General Eric Holder to National Board of Directors
May 12, 2016
LDF Urges Senate to Safeguard Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule
May 11, 2016
Muslim Advocates and LDF Letter to Dept of Transportation Urging Immediate Action to Prevent Profiling of Airline Passengers
May 10, 2016
Thurgood Marshall Institute Fellow Richard Rothstein Writes On Housing Segregation and Racial Inequities
May 06, 2016
LDF’s History of Challenging Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection
May 06, 2016
LDF Releases Report on the Nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the United States Supreme Court
May 04, 2016
Angel Harris Writes on Jury Selection Racial Discrimination in Death Penalty Cases in the Huffington Post
April 29, 2016
LDF Statement on Announcement of Compromise Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015
April 28, 2016
LDF and Other Civil Rights Advocates File Brief Urging Ninth Circuit to Defer to EEOC’s Guidance on Criminal ...
April 26, 2016
LDF Statement on North Carolina Forward Together/Moral Mondays Movement
April 26, 2016
LDF Statement on Launch of Inaugural National Reentry Week and Attorney General Lynch’s Reform Package to Improve the ...
April 26, 2016
New York Times Editorial Board Highlights LDF’s Post-Shelby “Tally” of Potentially Discriminatory Voting Changes
April 25, 2016
Janai Nelson Calls Felony Disfranchisement A Pressing Civil Right Issue in the New York Times
April 25, 2016
In The Post and Courier, Monique Dixon Voices Optimism and Concern in North Charleston Police Reform Initiative
April 22, 2016
Civil Rights Leaders Respond to North Charleston Officials’ Request to the Department of Justice for Help with Improving ...
April 21, 2016
Kevin Keenan Speaks with Statescoop about Police Body Cameras in Chicago
April 21, 2016
Angel Harris Observes One Year Anniversary of Freddie Gray’s Death on the Nick Taliaferro Show
April 20, 2016
The New Yorker Weighs In on Race in the Duane Buck Death Penalty Case
April 20, 2016
LDF Names Two Renowned Scholars as Senior Research Fellows of LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute
April 19, 2016
LDF on Peter Liang’s Sentence of No Prison Time for the Killing of Akai Gurley
April 19, 2016
LDF Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of Freddie Gray’s Death
April 15, 2016
LDF Provides Written Testimony on Ferguson Consent Decree in Advance of Court-Ordered Public Hearing
April 15, 2016
LDF Statement on Chicago’s Police Accountability Task Force Report
April 14, 2016
Monique Dixon Pens Letter in The Post and Courier on North Charleston Police Department
April 11, 2016
Janai Nelson Writes About the Evenwel v. Abbott Decision in Hamilton and Griffin on Rights
April 08, 2016
LDF Video Examines Extraordinary Case of Racial Bias in TX Death Penalty Case on Final Appeal to U.S. ...
April 07, 2016
The Los Angeles Times Joins the Call for New Trial in Duane Buck Death Penalty Case
April 07, 2016
Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Principle That Every Person Counts In Redistricting
April 05, 2016
Janai Nelson Speaks with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes About Recently Decided Evenwel v. Abbott SCOTUS Case
April 04, 2016
Janai Nelson Responds to SCOTUS Decision in Evenwel v. Abbott
April 04, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx in Conversation on the Unequal Effects of Urban Freeways ...
April 04, 2016
LDF Statement on HUD Guidance Regarding the Application of the Fair Housing Act to the Use of Criminal ...
April 03, 2016
The New York Times Weighs In on the Duane Buck Death Penalty Case
April 03, 2016
LDF and South Carolina Leaders Remember the Police Shooting Death of Walter Scott One Year Later
April 03, 2016
Remembering the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
March 30, 2016
Wrongfully Convicted Former LDF Client, Richard Rosario, Finally Released From Prison After 20 Years
March 24, 2016
LDF Statement on the Brooklyn DA’s Sentencing Recommendation of No Jail Time for Peter Liang
March 22, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Speaks to Places Journal about Baltimore’s Cancelled Red Line
March 17, 2016
LDF Turns 76, Continuing More Than Seven Decades of Civil Rights Work
March 17, 2016
CNN Highlights Sherrilyn Ifill’s Reaction to President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee
March 16, 2016
LDF’s Statement on the Approval of the Ferguson Consent Decree
March 16, 2016
LDF Statement on the Nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to the United States Supreme Court
March 10, 2016
Janai Nelson Speaks with Election Law Blog’s Rick Hasen About Minority Voting Rights in 2016
March 10, 2016
LDF Statement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Decision Not to Convene a Grand Jury for the Police ...
March 09, 2016
Deuel Ross Quoted in Vice on Alabama Voting Laws
March 09, 2016
Bipartisan Brief Filed in Support of Texas Death-Sentenced Prisoner, Duane Buck
March 09, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Quoted in New Yorker About White House Civil Rights Gathering
March 09, 2016
LDF and Community and Civil Rights Organizations to Host Town Hall Meeting Addressing Discriminatory Policing Practices in North ...
March 07, 2016
Leah Aden Weighs In on Felon Disfranchisement in Florida
March 05, 2016
LDF Commemorates the 51st Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday”
March 03, 2016
LDF to Participate in Selma, Alabama Bridge Crossing Jubilee Commemorating “Bloody Sunday”
March 03, 2016
LDF Calls for a Thorough and Transparent Investigation of the Baltimore School Police Officer Caught on Tape Assaulting ...
March 02, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill is a Presenter at BET’s Leading Women Defined Summit on March 1-4 in Bal Harbour, Florida
March 02, 2016
LDF Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Swiftly Carry Out its Constitutional Duty By Holding Supreme Court Nominee Hearings
February 26, 2016
LDF Supports the Confirmation of Dr. John King as Secretary of Education and Urges Timely Action to Help ...
February 25, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Pens Op-Ed in The Root on the Late Justice Antonin Scalia and the Supreme Court
February 25, 2016
Black History Month 2016: “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now”
February 18, 2016
Black History Month 2016: “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now”
February 18, 2016
Janai Nelson Talks About the Akai Gurley Case on The Nick Taliaferro Show
February 18, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Speaks at Session in Presidential Candidate Briefings
February 16, 2016
In the New York Times, Sherrilyn Ifill is Quoted in a Conversation on Potential Supreme Court Nominees
February 16, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins the Conversation on the Supreme Court in Light of the Sudden Death of Justice Antonin ...
February 16, 2016
LDF Urges Congress to Make Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform a Legislative Priority Early This Year
February 14, 2016
LDF’s Statement on the Passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
February 12, 2016
LDF Statement on the Liang Trial Verdict and the Need to Change the Culture of Policing
February 11, 2016
LDF Applauds Nomination of Judge Abdul Kallon to Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
February 11, 2016
Black History Month 2016: “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now”
February 11, 2016
LDF Applauds U.S. Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against Ferguson After City Rejects Proposed Consent Decree
February 10, 2016
After Ferguson Attempts to Unilaterally Modify its Consent Decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, LDF Advocates Taking ...
February 10, 2016
As President Obama Releases Last Budget of His Presidency, LDF Praises His Focus on Equity in Education
February 09, 2016
LDF Urges Speedy Approval of Proposed Police & Municipal Court Reform Agreement in Ferguson
February 08, 2016
Arguing Against Use of Religious Beliefs to Justify Discrimination in Public Accommodations, LDF Files Brief in Support of ...
February 04, 2016
Black History Month 2016: “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now”
February 04, 2016
LDF Calls on U.S. Justice Department to Launch, Complete, or Expand Civil Rights Investigations of Two Police Departments ...
February 03, 2016
Janai Nelson Among Chorus of Voices with President Obama Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
February 03, 2016
Alabama Public Radio Talks with Janai Nelson on the Ramifications of the Supreme Court Voting Rights Decision One ...
February 03, 2016
Janai Nelson Debates Federal Government Intervention in Ferguson on NBC News
February 03, 2016
NPR Hosts a Conversation with Janai Nelson on New Voting Laws
February 03, 2016
Janai Nelson Weighs In on the latest Supreme Court Arguments in Race and College Admissions
February 01, 2016
For Black History Month 2016, LDF Launches a Weekly Exploration of “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & ...
January 29, 2016
In Savoy, Sherrilyn Ifill Highlights LDF’s Work in Diversity and Democracy
January 29, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Weighs In on Policing Tactics on BET
January 29, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Talks on Residential Segregation at the 2015 National Fair Housing Conference
January 29, 2016
LDF Files “Friend-of-the-Court” Brief to Uphold Small Business Administration’s Section 8(a) Program
January 29, 2016
LDF Reviews Proposed Settlement Between Ferguson and U.S. Department of Justice
January 29, 2016
James Cole, Jr., Former Board Member of LDF, to Become U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education, Leading My Brother’s ...
January 26, 2016
Natasha Merle Joins LDF as LDF/Fried Frank Fellow
January 26, 2016
LDF Applauds Supreme Court’s Montgomery v. Louisiana Decision to Apply Ban on Juvenile Life Sentences Retroactively, Affecting Thousands ...
January 22, 2016
LDF Urges Systemic Reforms to Eliminate Police Sexual Misconduct Following Sentencing of Daniel Holtzclaw, Former Oklahoma Police Officer
January 21, 2016
LDF Statement on Thomas v. School Board of St. Martin Parish
January 20, 2016
Black Voters in Fayette County, Georgia Win Historic Opportunity to Elect Candidates of Choice and Settle Voting Rights ...
January 20, 2016
LDF Urges Maryland Legislature To Override Governor Hogan’s Veto and Restore Voting Rights to People with Felony Convictions
January 20, 2016
LDF Supports New York State Court Decision in Gifford v. McCarthy Re-Affirming Ban on Discrimination in Public Accommodations
January 19, 2016
Janai Nelson Joins Roundtable Discussion at the WNYC & The Apollo Theater MLK Event “Race and Privilege: Exploring ...
January 17, 2016
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, LDF Recalls Dr. King’s Courage and Sacrifice in the Fight for Equality
January 13, 2016
Time Quotes Sherrilyn Ifill on President Obama’s State of the Union Speech
January 11, 2016
On the Eve of President Obama’s Last State of the Union Address, LDF Celebrates Civil Rights Successes, But ...
January 09, 2016
LDF Celebrates the 55th Anniversary of the Landmark Desegregation of the University of Georgia
January 08, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Ramifications of the Baltimore Red Line Cancellation on the Marc Steiner Show
January 08, 2016
Janel George Opinion for Education Week “ESSA Offers Opportunity to Combat School Pushout”
January 07, 2016
Following Perjury Indictment of State Trooper Involved in Traffic Stop and Arrest of Sandra Bland, LDF Renews Call ...
January 07, 2016
LDF Client Charlayne Hunter-Gault Desegregated the University of Georgia
December 30, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Pays Tribute to the Late Civil Rights Icon Amelia Boynton Robinson
December 29, 2015
Janai Nelson Talks on Latest Developments in Fatal Police Shootings On Andrea Mitchell Reports
December 28, 2015
LDF Statement on the Non-Indictment of Cleveland Police Officers in the Shooting Death of Tamir Rice
December 23, 2015
Janai Nelson Discusses Non-Indictments in Sandra Bland Death on Andrea Mitchell Reports
December 22, 2015
LDF Year in Review: 2015
December 21, 2015
LDF Statement on President Barack Obama Issuing 95 Commutations, Two Pardons
December 18, 2015
Baltimore Residents and Civic Groups File Title VI Complaint with United States Department of Transportation over Maryland’s Discriminatory ...
December 17, 2015
Rachel Kleinman Talks with Salon on the Affirmative Action Case before the Supreme Court for a Second Time
December 16, 2015
LDF Statement on Mistrial in Case against William Porter for the In-Custody Death of Freddie Gray
December 14, 2015
Leslie Proll Reacts to Rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Law
December 14, 2015
Janai Nelson on the recent Evenwel Supreme Court Case: Who Will Count in Our Democracy?
December 12, 2015
On All In with Chris Hayes, Sherrilyn Ifill Looks to Baltimore’s Future in the Aftermath of Freddie Gray’s ...
December 10, 2015
LDF Takes on Controversial Comments at Fisher Oral Argument
December 10, 2015
LDF Condemns Increasing Xenophobic Rhetoric
December 09, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Strong Argument Today that Race Should Continue to Be Considered in College Admissions
December 09, 2015
Leah Aden Gives Context to Redistricting and Political Representation
December 09, 2015
LDF Statement on Senate Passage of Every Student Succeeds Act
December 08, 2015
Iowa’s Felon Disfranchisement Law is One of the Worst in Nation, Time to Change, says LDF in Amicus ...
December 08, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill on Panel Discussion on the 150th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment
December 08, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Case Today That Threatens to Fundamentally Alter Legislative Representation
December 07, 2015
LDF Statement on Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Probe of the Chicago Police Department
December 07, 2015
LDF Attorneys Write on Affirmative Action Case (Fisher II) Before Supreme Court this Week
December 07, 2015
Janai Nelson Joins Discussion of Affirmative Action Case before Supreme Court on Melissa Harris-Perry
December 04, 2015
LDF Hosts a Cocktail Reception and Conversation Featuring Wil Haygood’s SHOWDOWN
December 03, 2015
Deuel Ross Joins Discussion of Lawsuit Filed Against Alabama Voter ID Law on NewOne Now
December 02, 2015
LDF Statement on the Every Student Succeeds Act
December 02, 2015
Janel George Discusses the Future of No Child Left Behind on “To The Point”
December 01, 2015
Civil Rights Organizations File Brief Urging Appellate Court to Protect Students from Predatory For-Profit Colleges
November 25, 2015
Janai Nelson Talks with Andrea Mitchell on the Dashcam Video Released in the Laquan McDonald Shooting
November 25, 2015
LDF Statement on the Laquan McDonald Case and Minneapolis Shootings
November 24, 2015
LDF Pays Tribute to Rosa Parks on the Sixtieth Anniversary of Her Courageous Stand Against Segregation
November 20, 2015
Civil Rights Organizations File Brief in Support of African-American Homebuyers Harmed by Morgan Stanley’s Predatory Lending Practices
November 20, 2015
LDF Statement One Year After the Death of Tamir Rice
November 18, 2015
LDF’s Senate Testimony Details Department of Justice Role in Ensuring Police Officers Comply with Civil Rights Laws
November 16, 2015
Boggs Media, LLC Teams Up with LDF and My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
November 16, 2015
LDF Welcomes Carlton T. Mayers II as Policy Counsel for Policing Reform
November 13, 2015
A Tribute to Jacqueline A. Berrien Former LDF Associate Director-Counsel and Civil Rights Champion
November 12, 2015
Monique Dixon Pens Op-Ed on Need for Greater Scrutiny on Use of Force in School Discipline
November 12, 2015
LDF Pushes for Water Access and Affordability in Michigan Legislature
November 09, 2015
LDF Deeply Mourns the Passing of Former Associate Director-Counsel and Former EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien
November 06, 2015
Janai Nelson Discusses Tamir Rice Shooting on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
November 05, 2015
LDF Celebrates 75 Years of Visionary Civil Rights Leadership at Annual National Equal Justice Award Dinner
November 05, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Delivers the 20th Annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in Society at NYU Law
November 05, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Delivers the 20th Annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in Society at NYU Law
November 03, 2015
LDF Joins Outpouring of Support for Diversity in Higher Education in Supreme Court Briefs in Fisher v. University ...
November 03, 2015
LDF Statement on President Obama’s Actions to Promote Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Persons with Criminal Records
November 03, 2015
LDF Relaunches “Prepared to Vote” Election Day Voter Education Initiative in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana and Texas
October 28, 2015
LDF Asks President Obama to “Ban the Box”
October 28, 2015
Janel George Weighs In on Policing and School Discipline
October 27, 2015
LDF Statement on the Video of Police Officer Assaulting Student in South Carolina Classroom
October 26, 2015
What is the price of voter suppression? “Voter ID foes stress legal cost in new tactic” in report ...
October 24, 2015
LDF Congratulates Kristen Clarke, Named as New President and Executive Director of National Lawyers’ Committee
October 22, 2015
LDF Statement on Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Bill
October 22, 2015
LDF Weighs in on Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Bill
October 20, 2015
Stories of Triumph and Commitment to Civil Rights Distinguish the 32 Scholars Selected by LDF
October 18, 2015
LDF Statement on the Passing of Judge Ralph Gingles, Jr., Plaintiff in Seminal Voting Rights Case
October 13, 2015
LDF Hosts North Charleston Town Hall Meeting on Policing
October 12, 2015
Some Seek Agreement before Fayette Voting Dispute Heads to Court
October 08, 2015
Reauthorization of ESEA Must Include Federal Oversight and Accountability, says LDF
October 06, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Race and Policing, Freddie Gray and More on Maryland Public Television
October 06, 2015
LDF Participates in Renaming of Federal Courthouse to Honor Federal Judge as Civil Rights Hero
October 05, 2015
LDF Participates in Renaming of Federal Courthouse to Honor Federal Judge as Civil Rights Hero
October 05, 2015
One Day a Month is Not Enough, Says LDF
October 01, 2015
LDF Statement on Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act
September 28, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Joins a Discussion on Housing Discrimination, Segregation and Poverty on the Diane Rehm Show
September 25, 2015
LDF Urges Supreme Court to Reaffirm that All People Deserve to Be Counted for Purposes of Political Representation
September 18, 2015
LDF Hosts 75th Anniversary Alumni Reunion at the Ford Foundation
September 17, 2015
LDF’s Win to Enjoin At-Large Voting in Fayette County Proves That District-Based Voting is a Fair Electoral Method
September 16, 2015
Victorien Wu Pens Blog on Fulfilling the Promise of Equal Political Citizenship for Black Voters in Terrebonne
September 15, 2015
Our Lives, Votes, Jobs and Schools Are At Stake, Says LDF
September 12, 2015
LDF Mourns Passing of Legendary Civil Rights Attorney Solomon Seay Jr.
September 10, 2015
JP Schnapper-Casteras Calls on Supreme Court to Reaffirm Diversity in Higher Education
September 10, 2015
AJC Profiles “What’s at Stake in Fayette Voting Rights Fight”
September 05, 2015
LDF Welcomes Samantha Erskine as Senior Director of Development
September 02, 2015
LDF Statement on the Passing of Model Social Justice Advocate Lynn Walker Huntley
September 01, 2015
MSNBC reports on LDF’s fight for voting rights in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
August 27, 2015
LDF and Dignity in Schools Fight the School to Prison Pipeline in Virginia
August 27, 2015
LDF Appoints Coty Montag as Deputy Director of Litigation
August 26, 2015
LDF Mourns the Passing of Amelia Boynton Robinson, Iconic Civil Rights Leader
August 26, 2015
LDF Statement Commemorating Victims of Hurricane Katrina
August 19, 2015
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Supports Dismissal of Charges against Ferguson Protesters
August 16, 2015
LDF Statement on the Passing of Iconic Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond
August 14, 2015
McKinney Independent School District Responds to Call for Training School Police
August 14, 2015
Colorado Appeals Court Rules for Same-Sex Couple Denied Wedding Cake
August 14, 2015
Janai Nelson Talks Policing Reform Past and Present on ‘To the Point’
August 13, 2015
In This 50th VRA Anniversary Year, LDF Attorney Leah Aden Discusses Felon Disfranchisement — The Next Civil Rights ...
August 13, 2015
LDF Attorney Leah Aden Contributes to ‘Interventions on the 50th Anniversaries of Events in the American Civil Rights ...
August 12, 2015
School Police in McKinney, Texas, Arrest and Ticket African-American Students at Excessive and Unequal Rates
August 11, 2015
LDF Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of the Police-Shooting Death of Michael Brown and the State of Policing ...
August 07, 2015
LDF Client Imani Clark Talks on Her Experience with Voting Laws As We Mark the VRA 50th Anniversary
August 06, 2015
LDF Statement on the Voting Rights Act at 50
August 05, 2015
LDF Celebrates the Voting Rights Act at the White House
August 05, 2015
Janai Nelson Reflects on the 50th Anniversary of the VRA and the Anniversary of Mike Brown’s Death
August 04, 2015
As 50th Anniversary of VRA Nears, LDF Attorney Natasha Korgaonkar Explains Connection Between Voter Suppression and Sandra Bland’s ...
July 30, 2015
V. Renée Cutting Joins LDF as Chief Development Officer
July 30, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Univ. of Cincinnati Police Officer Raymond Tensing Indictment in Death of Samuel Dubose
July 23, 2015
Monique Dixon Weighs In on the Arrest and Detainment of Sandra Bland
July 23, 2015
LDF & Smithsonian National Museum of American History Commemorate Historic 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
July 21, 2015
LDF and ABA Joint Call for Renewed Dedication to Ending Racial Bias In Criminal Justice System
July 21, 2015
Janai Nelson Discusses Disparate Impact at the ACS 2015 National Convention
July 18, 2015
LDF Calls for a Full Investigation of the Police In-Custody Death of Sandra Bland
July 17, 2015
Leah Aden Responds to Continuing At-Large Voting Battle in Fayette County, Georgia
July 17, 2015
LDF Statement Marking One Year Anniversary of the Police-Involved Chokehold Death of Eric Garner
July 17, 2015
Leslie Proll Weighs In on Senate No Child Left Behind Rewrite Vote
July 16, 2015
ABA-LDF Joint Statement on Eliminating Bias in the Criminal Justice System
July 16, 2015
African-American Business Leaders Contribute $1 Million to LDF’s Policing Reform Campaign
July 15, 2015
Every Child Achieves Act Falls Short of Civil Rights Commitment of Original ESEA
July 13, 2015
LDF and South Carolina Leaders Ask U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Open Federal Investigations in the Aftermath ...
July 09, 2015
LDF Congratulates Families and Advocates for the Designation of Special Prosecutor by Governor Cuomo
July 08, 2015
LDF Joins with Coalition Urging Accountability to End School Pushout
July 08, 2015
LDF, Nearly 100 Advocacy Organizations Call for End of Harassment & Bullying of LGBTQ Students
July 08, 2015
LDF Applauds New Fair Housing Rule As Powerful Tool to Promote Opportunity
July 01, 2015
Thurgood Marshall’s Stirring Acceptance Speech After Receiving the Prestigious Liberty Award on July 4, 1992
June 30, 2015
LDF Welcome New Lawyers to Our New York and Washington D.C. Offices
June 29, 2015
Governor Cuomo Executive Order Designating Eric Schneiderman as Special Prosecutor Is A Step in the Right Direction
June 29, 2015
LDF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on Drug Lethal Injection
June 26, 2015
LDF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Upholding Marriage Equality for All
June 26, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Lauds Supreme Court Decision in Disparate Impact Case
June 25, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Hails Decision in Fair Housing Act Case
June 25, 2015
LDF Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision in King v. Burwell
June 25, 2015
LDF Praises U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold Disparate Impact Protections of the Fair Housing Act
June 25, 2015
On The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, Sherrilyn Ifill Talks on the Aftermath of the Emanuel A.M.E Church ...
June 25, 2015
Janai Nelson Discusses the Confederate Flag Issue Surrounding the S.C. Church Massacre
June 24, 2015
LDF Statement in Support of Voting Rights Advancement Act
June 24, 2015
CNN Quotes Sherrilyn Ifill on Pending Fair Housing Act Supreme Court Decision
June 23, 2015
LDF Statement on Governor Haley’s Call to Remove the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina State Capitol
June 23, 2015
Janai Nelson Joins Discussion on S.C. Church Shootings on The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell
June 22, 2015
The Boston Globe Taps JP Schnapper for Perspective on Disparate Impact Case
June 22, 2015
Columbia Law School Graduate Liliana Zaragoza Joins NAACP Legal Defense Fund as Inaugural John Payton Appellate and Supreme ...
June 22, 2015
Janai Nelson Discusses SCOTUS Pending Fair Housing Act Decision
June 22, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Talks “Warning Signs in Atmosphere of Hate” on Face the Nation
June 18, 2015
LDF Statement on Charleston Shooting at Emanuel A.M.E. Church
June 09, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Reacts to Texas Pool Party Police Encounter
June 08, 2015
LDF Statement on Indictment of Former South Carolina Officer Michael T. Slager
June 06, 2015
Natasha Korgaonkar Emphasizes the Importance of the National Debate on Voting Rights
June 06, 2015
Janel George Weighs In on Federal Law in School Discipline at Capitol Hill Roundtable
June 04, 2015
In Rolling Stone, Janel George Comments on New Military Equipment Rules in School Policing
June 04, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Talks on Suits to Roll Back Voting Restriction Laws
June 03, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Gives Commencement Address at Bard College
June 03, 2015
LDF Revamps Law Student Scholarship Program with Grant Boost
June 03, 2015
Janai Nelson Gives Keynote Address at the International Social Movements Gathering on Water and Affordable Housing in Detroit
June 01, 2015
LDF Statement on United States Supreme Court Ruling in Abercrombie & Fitch Discrimination Case
May 26, 2015
LDF Statement on Agreement Reached by Justice Department and City of Cleveland to Reform Cleveland Division of Police
May 23, 2015
LDF Submits Statement to the United States House Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Policing Strategies for the 21st Century”
May 22, 2015
LDF Statement on Indictment of All Six Police Officers Involved in Death of Freddie Gray
May 21, 2015
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Delivers New York University’s 183rd Commencement Speech
May 19, 2015
African American Business Executives Join LDF to Enact Police Reforms, Strengthen Accountability
May 18, 2015
LDF Statement on President’s Plan to Improve Relations between Police and Communities of Color
May 18, 2015
Monique Lin-Luse Discusses the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education and the ESEA
May 18, 2015
In Ebony, Janel George Discusses Continuing Efforts to Fulfill Brown v. Board of Education Promise
May 18, 2015
NAACP-LDF: New $30,000 Racial Justice Scholarship for Law Students and Revamped Scholarship for Undergraduates
May 15, 2015
LDF Statement on the 61st Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
May 12, 2015
JP Schnapper-Casteras Hears Echoes of the 1967 Interracial Marriage Case in On-going Marriage Equality Debate
May 11, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Urges Congress to Keep Brown’s Promise and Ensure Equal Educational Opportunity in ESEA
May 09, 2015
Janai Nelson Joins Melissa Harris-Perry in a Discussion on How Housing Policies Influence Baltimore Segregation
May 08, 2015
LDF Statement on Department of Justice’s Announcement of Federal Probe of Baltimore Police Department
May 08, 2015
Natasha Korgaonkar Makes Case Against Texas Voter ID Law in Letter to Houston Chronicle
May 07, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Among Panelists Discussing Law Enforcement and Communities of Color at W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s America Healing Conference
May 06, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Among Experts Advancing Solutions for Healing Relationships Between Law Enforcement and Communities of Color at America ...
May 06, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Connects Marriage Equality with the Baltimore Unrest in an ACS Blog Commentary
May 06, 2015
In Roll Call, Leslie Proll Challenges Senate Judiciary Committee Chair’s Views on Voting Rights Act
May 06, 2015
Monique Dixon Weighs In on Arrests of Legal Observers in Baltimore
May 06, 2015
Janai Nelson Discusses Recent Developments in Baltimore and Police Reform on Huffington Post
May 05, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Puts Forward Federal Government’s Role in Policing Reform
May 04, 2015
In The Hill, Leslie Proll Urges Obama Administration to Do More on Policing
May 04, 2015
LDF Statement on Homicide Charges Against Baltimore Police Officers in In-custody Death of Freddie Gray
May 03, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Solutions for Baltimore on Face the Nation
May 01, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Talks with Charlie Rose on Baltimore Unrest
May 01, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Responds to Charges Against Baltimore Police Officers in Death of Freddie Gray
April 30, 2015
Natasha Korgaonkar Quoted on TX Voter Photo ID Case
April 30, 2015
Natasha Korgaonkar Gives Updates on the Texas Voter Photo ID Case on Houston’s Morning News
April 30, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Spars with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly on Baltimore and Policing
April 29, 2015
Media Highlights on Death of Freddie Gray While in the Custody of Baltimore Police
April 29, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill: A National Crisis Needs National Response
April 28, 2015
LDF Calls for Immediate Redress in the Death of Freddie Gray to End Outrage in Baltimore
April 28, 2015
LDF Defends Trial Court Win Against Texas’s Intentionally Discriminatory Voter ID Law
April 25, 2015
Ifill Lauds the Service of Attorney General Eric Holder
April 23, 2015
CNN Interviews Monique Dixon on LDF’s Call for Body Worn Cameras on Police
April 23, 2015
LDF Celebrates Historic Confirmation of Loretta Lynch as 83rd Attorney General of the United States
April 23, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Voices Concern on Lack of Information in Freddie Gray’s Death during Police Custody
April 22, 2015
Leslie Proll Quoted on Judicial Vacancies in Alabama Courts
April 21, 2015
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Department of Justice’s Decision to Investigate the Death of Freddie Gray
April 20, 2015
ESEA Passes Senate Education Committee: LDF Urges Strong Accountability to Close Achievement Gaps
April 20, 2015
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Joins the Call for Answers in the Death of Freddie Gray ...
April 17, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Urges Maryland Governor Sign Felon Enfranchisement Bill
April 15, 2015
US Attorney General Eric Holder and Senator Patrick Leahy Hail LDF’s Past and Future
April 15, 2015
LDF Submits Letter to St. Louis Municipalities Addressing Lack of African-American Representation on City Councils
April 13, 2015
Janai Nelson Outlines Solutions to Police Reform in Ferguson at Open Society Foundations Convening
April 13, 2015
Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele Among Voices Urging Recording of Police
April 13, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Tweet Focuses on the Power of Social Media in Today’s Civil Rights Climate
April 10, 2015
Leah Aden Writes How At-Large Voting Discriminates in Fayette County, Georgia
April 09, 2015
In Commemoration of Its 50th Anniversary, LDF Urges Congress to Reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
April 09, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Says Change is Coming to Ferguson in CNN Op-Ed
April 09, 2015
Leah Aden Responds to Early Voting Win in Georgia
April 09, 2015
Murder Charges Against South Carolina Patrolman Leads Legal Defense Fund to Renew Call to End Epidemic of Police ...
April 08, 2015
On Andrea Mitchell Reports, Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Shooting by Police of Unarmed Black Man in South Carolina
April 08, 2015
Janai Nelson Pens ‘Hamilton and Griffin on Rights’ Blog Post on State of VRA Section 5
March 31, 2015
The National Bar Association Holds a Discussion on Ferguson with Janel George as Panelist
March 30, 2015
JP Schnapper Makes Case for Marriage Equality in the Richmond Times Dispatch
March 27, 2015
Janai Nelson Panelist at National Archives McGowan Forum on Women in Civil Rights Leadership
March 27, 2015
Monique Dixon Discusses the DOJ Ferguson Report on The Global African
March 27, 2015
It’s Time. #ConfirmLynch
March 27, 2015
LDF Supports Bi-Partisan Voices to Implement Police Body Worn Cameras
March 26, 2015
Police Body Cameras
March 26, 2015
JP Schnapper-Casteras Praises Supreme Court Decision in Alabama Redistricting Case
March 25, 2015
LDF Welcomes Supreme Court’s Decision Returning Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Redistricting Plan to Lower Court for Scrutiny
March 23, 2015
In NYT Article, Ifill Highlights Dark Symbolism of the Confederate Flag
March 19, 2015
LDF Statement on Resignation of Barbara Arnwine as President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil ...
March 19, 2015
In 50th Anniversary Year of Historic Voting Rights Act, LDF Urges Congress to Pass Federal Legislation to Restore ...
March 18, 2015
New York’s Anti-Defamation League Features Janai Nelson as Panelist at 21st Annual Edward Brodsky Legal Conference
March 18, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Weighs in on NC Senators’ Stance on Loretta Lynch’s AG Nomination
March 17, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Remarks on Loretta Lynch’s Attorney General Vote Delay
March 16, 2015
Janel George is Quoted in Education News on Black Students and Suspension Rates
March 15, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Issues of Race on Face the Nation
March 15, 2015
Leading the Future of Civil Rights, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Turns 75
March 15, 2015
Still at the Forefront of Civil Rights, 75 Years Later: LDF Turns 75
March 11, 2015
LDF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
March 09, 2015
LDF Media Highlights from Selma 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
March 09, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Quoted in the New York Times on the Voting Right Act Amendment
March 09, 2015
LDF Hosts Unity Reception at Brown AME Chapel in Selma on Eve of 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
March 08, 2015
Leah Aden Speaks on the Continuing Fight for the Heart of the Voting Rights Act
March 08, 2015
Nelson Op-Ed Commemorates Selma 50th Anniversary And New Path for the Future
March 07, 2015
Deuel Ross Details Voting Difficulty in Alabama
March 07, 2015
Selma to Montgomery March Profiles of LDF Co-counsel Charles Stephen Ralston, Fred D. Gray and Solomon Seay, Jr.
March 07, 2015
Janai Nelson Quoted on Ferguson Police Department on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
March 05, 2015
LDF Unveils Historic Legal Document that Set the March from Selma to Montgomery in Motion, Leading to the ...
March 04, 2015
LDF Calls For Wholesale Reforms in Light of DOJ’s Findings of Pattern of Police Bias and Excessive Force ...
March 03, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Justice Department’s Criminal Justice Reforms Recommendations on The Take Away
March 03, 2015
LDF’s Statement on Proposed Recommendations from the Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Policing
February 27, 2015
LDF Remembers Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh
February 27, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Cited in Recap of the United Nations VRA Anniversary Event
February 26, 2015
Sherrilyn Ifill Delivers Keynote Address at Columbia Law School’s Annual Paul Robeson Conference
February 26, 2015
LDF Applauds Today’s Senate Judiciary Committee Vote to Send Nomination of Loretta Lynch for Attorney General to the ...
February 24, 2015
Janel George Weighs In on Missouri Having Highest Suspension Rate in the U.S. for Black Elementary Students
February 24, 2015
LDF Laments Justice Department Decision Not to Bring Federal Charges Against George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin Death
February 24, 2015
Proll and Voting Advocates Hail VRA Message at the Academy Awards Ceremony
February 23, 2015
Janai Nelson Delivers Keynote at King County Bar Association Annual MLK Luncheon