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LDF Mourns the Passing of Longtime Board Member Karen Hastie Williams

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of longtime board member Karen Hastie Williams, a trailblazing lawyer who broke barriers of race and gender during a career that spanned ...

Lawsuit Challenging Florida’s Anti-Protest Law Will Move Forward

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Yesterday, a federal judge allowed the lawsuit challenging Florida’s anti-protest law, H.B.1, to move forward. The claims, filed by civil rights groups, allege racial discrimination and First Amendment violations against Governor DeSantis, Leon County Sheriff ...

LDF Sends Letter to the South Carolina House Redistricting Ad Hoc Committee About their Obligations Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution

On August 9, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF)”, American Civil Liberties Union, South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, League of Women Voters of South Carolina, South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice ...

LDF Issues Statement Calling for Federal Voting Rights Protections on the 56th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act

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Today marks the 56th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most critical civil rights laws ever passed. Since its founding in 1940 by Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational ...

LDF Sends Letters to the Senate Judiciary Committee in Support of Two Judicial Nominees

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. sent letters to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the confirmation of Jia Cobb to serve on the district court for the District of ...

LDF Welcomes Angela Vallot and Kim Koopersmith as Historic New Co-Chairs of Board of Directors

Kim Koopersmith Angela Vallot The Board of Directors of the  NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today announced that Angela Vallot, Co-Founder and Partner at VallotKarp Consulting, and Kim Koopersmith, Chairperson of the ...

LDF Sends Letter to South Carolina Senate Judiciary Redistricting Subcommittee on their Duty to Comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and Recommendations for Transparency, Public Involvement, and Fair Representation

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”), the American Civil Liberties Union, South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, League of Women Voters of South Carolina, South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, and ...