LDF Welcomes Claude Johnson as Its New Chief Development Officer 

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), announced that Claude Johnson, a development executive who has spent decades fundraising for higher education institutions and other high-level non-profit clients, has been named Chief ...

LDF Issues Statement on Jia Cobb’s Confirmation to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Today, the United States Senate confirmed Jia Cobb to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. With her confirmation, Judge Cobb is now only the fourth Black woman ever appointed to ...

LDF Sends Letter Urging Michigan Governor Whitmer to Veto Two Restrictive Voting Bills

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and Attorney Janey J. Lamar sent a letter urging Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to veto Senate Bills (S.B.) 303 and 304 that would impose unnecessary burdens ...

LDF Sends Letter to the Limestone County, Alabama Commission Regarding its Redistricting Plan

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, and the Limestone County Branch of the NAACP sent a letter to the Limestone County Commission expressing the current redistricting ...

LDF Issues Statement on Myrna Pérez’s Confirmation to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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Today, the United States Senate confirmed Myrna Pérez to serve on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. An exceptional voting rights attorney who is intimately familiar with election law, Judge Pérez becomes the ...

LDF Submits Second Letter and Updated Redistricting Map to the Waller County, TX Commissioners Court

On October 25, 2021, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a letter and an updated redistricting map—Appendix C— to the Waller County, Texas Commissioner’s Court. LDF previously sent a letter and ...

LDF Sends Letter to the Madison County, Alabama Commission Regarding Redistricting and their Unmet Obligations Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, and the Huntsville-Madison County Branch of the NAACP sent a letter to the Madison County, Alabama Commission regarding its ...

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