LDF Issues Statement in Support of Asian American Community

As the Asian American community deals with Tuesday’s mass shootings in Atlanta that left eight dead, including six Asian women, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued ...

LDF Testifies Against South Carolina Voter Suppression Bills

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has submitted testimony to the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to two voter suppression bills — S. 113 and S. 236. LDF is concerned ...

LDF Issues Statement on Historic Confirmation of Secretary Deb Haaland

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Today, the United States Senate confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), the agency responsible for protecting the nation’s natural resources and public lands, honoring its commitment to tribal ...

LDF and SPLC Action Fund Submit Testimony Opposing Georgia’s H.B. 531

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and SPLC Action Fund (SPLC Action) submitted written testimony to Georgia’s Senate Ethics Committee to “express in the strongest possible terms our opposition to (i) various ...

LDF Files Amended Complaint in Employment Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), along with the law firm Outten & Golden LLP, filed an amended complaint in Mandala v. NTT, a class action lawsuit challenging discriminatory employment policies ...

LDF Submits Letter Supporting Innocence Investigation for Kevin Cooper, a Black Man on Death Row Despite Serious Conviction Concerns

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom in support of Kevin Cooper’s request for an innocence investigation. Cooper is a Black man who has ...

LDF Sends Letter to Urging Harris County, TX District Court Judges to Hold Emergency Jail Release Hearings

Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. sent a letter to Harris County, TX district judges calling for the court to hold emergency jail release hearings to release at least 4,000 individuals incarcerated ...

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