Sherrilyn Ifill Joins Face the Nation to Discuss Addressing Police Reform through Legislation

LDF President and Director-Counsel, Sherrilyn Ifill, joined Face the Nation to discuss the legislative bills designed to address police reform introduced in the House and the Senate.

Facebook’s Latest Policy on Hate Speech and Voter Disinformation Misses the Mark

WASHINGTON – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and leading civil rights groups in issuing the following statement on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s latest ...

LDF Submits Letter in Support of Independent Racial Bias Audit of North Charleston Police Department

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Earlier this week, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a letter at a meeting of the North Charleston City Council’s Police Research Evaluation Committee in support of an independent racial bias ...

LDF Statement on Senate Judicial Confirmation Vote

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Lisa Cylar Barrett, the Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding this week’s Senate judicial confirmation vote: “This week, the United States Senate confirmed ...

LDF Statement on Today’s House Vote Advancing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

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Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding today’s vote in the United States House of Representatives to advance H.R.7120, the George Floyd ...

In Huge Win for Alabamians, Eleventh Circuit Allows All State Probate Judges to Establish Curbside Voting for July 14 Run-Off

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ATLANTA – Today, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a huge win for Alabama voters who are at risk of contracting COVID-19. The Circuit Court denied the defendants’ emergency motion to stay a lower ...

LDF Statement on Today’s Senate Vote Blocking the Advancement of the JUSTICE Act

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Lisa Cylar Barrett, the Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding today’s Senate vote blocking the motion to proceed on the JUSTICE Act: “We ...

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