Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., sent a letter to the Pinellas County School Board regarding their proposed Interagency Agreement between Pinellas County School Board, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Pinellas County Schools Police Department, ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in support of Mr. Christopher Swindell, whose workplace discrimination and retaliation ...
Actress Cicely Tyson, 1976. Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement on the passing of Cicely Tyson: “We have lost a ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron, who passed away on January 22nd in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 86 years old. Mr. Aaron was a legend in ...
Today, President Biden announced executive actions seeking to “advance racial equity and support for underserved communities,” including an Executive Order directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to renew contracts with private prisons – effectively ending federal use of private prisons – and a Presidential Memorandum directing the ...
Today, leading civil rights groups commended President Joe Biden for taking action to advance racial equity for Americans in the first days of his term. The civil rights community asked the Biden-Harris Administration to take ...
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the swearing in of Senators Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff, and Alex Padilla by Vice President ...
