LDF Files Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Hear Juvenile Life Sentencing Case

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case concerning the circumstances under which a juvenile defendant can be sentenced to life ...

LDF Sends Letter to Florida Department of Education to Express Concern Over Discriminatory Hair Policies

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today sent a letter to the Florida Department of Education informing it that a number of private schools receiving federal scholarship funds have dress code policies that are ...

LDF Submits Comment Letter in Response to Revised Baltimore Police Department policies

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a comment letter in response to revised policies introduced by the Baltimore Police Department (BPD). In the letter to the BPD Monitoring Team outlined recommendations to ...

LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Kavanaugh & Ford Testimonies on MSNBC

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LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joins Chris Hayes on MSNBC’s All in with Chris to discuss Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing surrounding recent sexual allegations.

LDF Releases Statement on Latest Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh

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Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), released the following statement in response to the latest allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: “It ...

LDF’s Janai Nelson Joins Hardball with Chris Matthews to Discuss Judge Kavanaugh’s Upcoming Confirmation Vote

Source: Hardball with Chris Matthews

  Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson joins Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss Judge Kavanaugh’s upcoming confirmation vote.

John Legend Issues a Call to Action in Ad Launched by 14 Leading Social Justice Organizations in Opposition to Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

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Campaign Urges Senators to #StopKavanaugh  A diverse coalition of social justice organizations today unveiled a new digital ad featuring singer-songwriter actor John Legend that urges viewers to contact their senators and tell them to vote ‘no’ on ...

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