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LDF Sends Letter to National Governors Association Requesting a Moratorium on Foreclosures, Evictions and Water and Utility Shut Offs

Last night, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the National Governors Association (NGA) requesting that the NGA take action to encourage all governors to impose a moratorium on ...

LDF Files En Banc Petition in Case Challenging Qualified Immunity

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) along with Cleveland-based civil rights attorney James Hardiman, filed an en banc petition in Howse v. Hodous. The plaintiff, Shase Howse, was accosted and arrested ...

LDF Mourns the Passing of Reverend Doctor Joseph Lowery, The “Dean” of the Civil Rights Movement

Rev. Joseph Lowery (Courtesy of John Matthew Smith) The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Reverend Doctor Joseph Echols Lowery, the “dean” of the civil rights movement who played ...

Diverse Coalition of Student and Community Organizations Permitted to Intervene in Suit to Defend Expanded Access for Black and Latinx Students to New York City’s Specialized High Schools

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In a recent decision, Teens Take Charge – a public school student-led organization, the Hispanic Federation, Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM), the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), and multiple Black and ...

LDF Mourns Former Client Reverend Darius L. Swann

Rev. Darius Swann and his wife, Vera, with family and friends at Burke Presbyterian Church in Virginia. (Presbyterian Church (USA)) The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of former client ...

LDF Files Complaint against Arkansas Governor and Secretary of State over Ballot Access

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Black voters and the Christian Ministerial Alliance against Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and Secretary of State John Thurston for ...

LDF Joins OCA-Asian Pacific Americans and Other Organizations in Calling on the Justice Department to Address Increasing Racist Attacks Against the Asian American Community

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates and over 180 other organizations in calling on the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the White ...