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 ...
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (DNC), the lead in consolidated cases before the United States Supreme Court. The case concerns ...
Today, President Biden issued an Executive Order, revoking the Trump administration’s “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” (“EO 13950”), issued in September 2020. The now-revoked order took aim at federal agencies, U.S. military ...
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the inauguration of the Biden-Harris administration: “Today, we witnessed the completion of a most ...
