LDF Commends Whistleblowers for Their Complaint About the Administration’s Decision to Abandon Housing Discrimination Enforcement and Compliance

Read a PDF of our statement here. A recent New York Times article reports that civil rights attorneys at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed a whistleblower complaint stating that the ...

Legacy Civil Rights Organizations Condemn House Resolution Glorifying Charlie Kirk’s Record and Call for Meaningful Action to Address Hate

Read a PDF of our statement here. A coalition of leading civil rights organizations issued the following statement in response to recent developments, including the passage of House Resolution 719. While roundly condemning the murder ...

LDF Mourns the Loss of Agnes Gund, Devoted Philanthropist and Advocate for Social Good

Read a PDF of our statement here. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the passing of Agnes Gund, a devoted philanthropist whose enduring commitment to racial and social justice left a lasting ...

LDF’s Archives Team Wins Society of American Archivists’ Prestigious Archival Innovator Award

The team of nine talented archivists, lawyers, librarians and support staff behind the Legal Defense Fund’s Recollection: A Civil Rights Legal Archive, is the 2025 recipient of the Archival Innovator Award given by the Society ...

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