LDF Responds to Report of Trump Administration Considering Drastic Efforts to Undermine Legal Status of Transgender People

Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to The New York Times’ report that the Trump Administration is considering drastic efforts to undermine the ...

LDF Responds to President Trump’s Statement About Voting

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Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s statement about voting: “The President of the United States is using his extraordinary ...

LDF Responds to Reports of Finalist in Search for New Baltimore Police Commissioner

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Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to reports that the City of Baltimore has identified a finalist in its search ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Announces New Hires, Promotions, and Fellows

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the nation’s oldest civil rights legal organization, is pleased to announce the addition of Christine Gregory as its new chief operating officer and Lisa Cylar Barrett as senior policy counsel, ...

LDF Sends Letter to Jefferson County Board of Commissioners about Voter Intimidation in Georgia

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners on behalf of Black Voters Matter (“BVM”), to alert them that an unacceptable act of ...

LDF Argues Against Attempt to Reverse Integrated Education in Hartford

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), the Center for Children’s Advocacy, and the American Civil Liberties Union argued in federal court yesterday on behalf of Black and Latino students in Hartford, Connecticut to ...

Janai Nelson Joins Andrea Mitchell Reports to Discuss Voter Supression

Source: MSNBC

LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson spoke with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell about voter suppression ahead of 2018 midterms.

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