LDF Remembers Linda Brown Thompson

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    The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of Linda Brown Thompson who was one of the young students at the heart of LDF’s landmark case, Brown v. Board ...

LDF Statement on Passing of Linda Brown

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Related Case or Issue: Landmark: Brown v. Board of Education   Linda Brown, who was one of the young students at the heart of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, passed away today at age ...

LDF Opposes Georgia Bill That Threatens to Suppress Minority Voting Participation

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties of Georgia and the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, sent a letter to the Georgia General Assembly to oppose Senate Bill 363, ...

LDF Raises Concerns About Johns Hopkins University’s Proposed Plan for Private Police Force

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Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign   Johns Hopkins University is requesting permission from Maryland lawmakers to create its own private police force. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to ...

LDF Sends Letter to Pleasant Grove Alabama Mayor Over Serious Concerns With At-Large Electoral Method

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and local voting rights attorney Jim Blacksher sent a letter to Pleasant Grove Alabama Mayor Jerry W. Brasseale urging him to alter the City’s electoral ...

LDF Responds to Trump Administration Proposal to Pursue Death Penalty for Drug Traffickers

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In response to the opioid crisis, the Trump Administration is proposing pursuing the death penalty for those convicted of drug trafficking. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the ...

LDF’s Marne Lenox Pens Op-Ed for Refinery29: The School Walkout Was A Powerful, But Privileged Protest

By: Marne Lenox Source: Refinery29   I was a high school student at the time of the Columbine shooting, and I vividly recall the feelings of shock and sadness I experienced in the days following ...

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