LDF Makes Public Records Request in Response to Hair Discrimination Case Involving Buena Regional High School Wrestler

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today submitted an open public records request with the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The request asks for information regarding policies about and investigations ...

LDF Statement on Joel Fitzgerald’s Withdrawal from Baltimore Police Commissioner Job

Monique Dixon, Deputy Director of Policy for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to Joel Fitzgerald withdrawing from consideration as Baltimore Police commissioner: “Dr. Fitzgerald’s withdrawal is in ...

LDF Statement on H.R. 1 – A Comprehensive Reform Package

Todd Cox, Director of Policy for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., issued the following statement in response to the For the People Act (H.R. 1), a comprehensive package of reform bills: “The ...

LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief Condemning the Discriminatory Jury Selection Practices in Mississippi

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief condemning the discriminatory removal of African American jurors by the District Attorney in Mississippi’s 5th Judicial District. The LDF brief details ...

LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief Urging Consideration of Racially-Biased Death Sentence

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision to deny Keith Tharpe the ability to appeal ...

LDF Statement on Senate Passage of First Step Act

Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., issued the following statement of the United States Senate passage of the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform package: “In ...

LDF Opposes Trump Administration’s Recommendation to Rescind School Discipline Guidance, Challenges Federal Commission on School Safety Report

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UPDATE: On December 21, the Departments of Education and Justice officially rescinded the 2014 guidance package, including a Dear Colleague Letter, designed to help our nation’s schools eliminate racial disparities in school discipline while improving school climate. ...

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