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 ...

LDF Submits Letter to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition Technology

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) submitted a letter for the record in connection with the July 13, 2021 hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland ...

Court Monitor Cannot Accurately Assess NYPD Policy Changes Without Hearing from Impacted People

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Today, community organizations, attorneys behind the class-action lawsuits that challenged the New York City Police Department (NYPD)’s stop-and-frisk and trespass-enforcement practices, and elected officials rallied at One Police Plaza to demand an end to the ...

LDF Statement on the Passing of Civil Rights Icon and Education Advocate Robert Moses

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. mourns the loss and celebrates the life of Robert (“Bob”) Parris Moses, brilliant educator, strategist, activist, and architect of the Freedom Summer Project, who also helped ...

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