LDF Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Title VII Case

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in support of certiorari in Supreme Court case Collier v. Dallas County Hospital District. Robert Collier, a Black man, worked as ...

LDF Issues Statement on Today’s Vote to Acquit Former President Trump in Second Impeachment Trial

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Today, the United States Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump of the charge of incitement of insurrection following his second impeachment trial. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and ...

Coalition of Civil Rights Groups Calls on President Biden to End the Federal Death Penalty

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)  joined a coalition of civil rights organizations to send a letter urging President Biden to immediately reinstate the federal moratorium on the use of the death ...

LDF and MJC File Appeal in Mississippi Jury Discrimination Lawsuit

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On Feb. 5, 2021, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) filed a brief appealing a September 2020 district court decision dismissing its jury discrimination ...

LDF Sends Letter to Pinellas County School Board Regarding their Contract with Law Enforcement Agencies

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, ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Title VII Case

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 ...

LDF Issues Statement on Passing of Cicely Tyson

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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 ...

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