Today, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced that his office would not seek charges against Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot and paralyzed Jacob Blake on Aug. 23, 2020. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, ...
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement on the swearing in of the 117th Congress and the Congressional Black Caucus. “LDF congratulates ...
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s call on Sunday to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement in response to Senator McConnell’s introduction of a bill that combines an increase in stimulus payments to $2,000 with the creation ...
This year, as LDF entered its 80th year of commitment to racial justice and civil and human rights, we faced one of the most unpredictable and challenging years in our nation’s history. A year that ...
This week, in Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Center v. Trump, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a partial nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining President Trump’s anti-diversity Executive Order. The preliminary ...
Last night, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an agreement with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia requiring the United States Postal Service (USPS) to implement key measures ...
