The Legal Defense Fund’s mission has always been transformative: to achieve racial justice, equality, and an inclusive society.
The new political landscape and retrenchment in key areas of civil rights pose unprecedented threats to the hard-won gains of the last half-century. From new assaults on voting rights to a renewed push to undermine equal access to quality education, to discrimination in the criminal legal system, and police discrimination that threatens public safety, we face significant challenges in every area of our work.
LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice.
LDF staff are dedicated to defending the gains and protections won over the past 75 years of civil rights struggle.
Through its scholarship programs, LDF helps students to attend and graduate from many of the nation’s best colleges, universities, and law schools.
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