LDF Supports Commission on Reparations for African Americans

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) supports the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act (H.R. 40 and Senate Bill S.1083) – bills that would establish a commission to study the ...

LDF Opposes Confirmation of Judicial Nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer expressing our strong opposition to the confirmation of Matthew Kacsmaryk to serve on the District Court ...

LDF Submits Amicus Brief in Support of Overturning Case that Allows Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to overturn its decision in Apocada v. Oregon, a case that allowed states to have non-unanimous jury verdicts. ...

LDF and Center for Constitutional Rights Send Letter to New York Legislators Urging Repeal of CRL 50-a, Allowing Public Disclosure of Police Records Relating to Officer Misconduct

The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc (LDF) sent a letter with the Center for Constitutional Rights urging New York State Legislators to repeal Civil Rights Law 50-a (CRL 50-a), allowing public disclosure of ...

LDF Sends Letter Urging Jeff Davis County to Reopen Precinct 1 Polling Place

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a letter to officials in Hazlehurst, GA requesting they reopen Precinct 1 Polling Place. The letter urges them to approve this reopening during Jeff Davis County election officials’ upcoming meeting on June 18, 2019. ...

LDF Fellow Sparky Abraham Joins Ron Regan on News Five Cleveland to Discuss Disproportionate Water Liens in Cleveland

LDF Fellow Sparky Abraham joins News Five Cleveland’s Ron Regan to discuss how water liens are disparately impacting Black communities in Cleveland and how Cleveland News Five’s investigation into water liens was instrumental to developing ...

LDF Files Lawsuit to Ensure Black Voters Have Voice in Electing Judges to Highest State Courts in Arkansas

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF),  with co-counsel, Arkie Byrd of Mays, Byrd & O’Guinn, P.A., and the law firm of Shearman & Sterling, LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf ...

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