LDF Statement on Acquittal of St. Anthony Police Officer for Death of Philando Castile

Read the PDF of our staement here.  LDF Statement on Acquittal of St. Anthony Police Officer for Death of Philando Castile Today, a jury acquitted St. Anthony, Minnesota Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez of second-degree manslaughter and ...

LDF Statement on the Second Anniversary of the Mother Emanuel Shooting

Read the PDF of our staement here.  LDF Statement on the Second Anniversary of the Mother Emanuel Shooting  The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers the nine men and women who were murdered ...

Dignity in Schools Campaign, LDF, Local Advocates Announce Recommendations for Mississippi State Education Plan

Dignity in Schools Campaign, Legal Defense Fund, Local Advocates Announce Recommendations for Mississippi State Education Plan Jackson, Mississippi – Today, the Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Circuit Court Defending Voting Rights Act

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Circuit Court Defending Voting Rights Act  This week, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an amicus brief in the Eleventh ...

Terrebonne Parish: LDF’s Post-Voting Rights Trial Findings

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed our proposed post-trial findings of fact and conclusions of law in pursuit of a seat for Black people on the state court that serves them ...

LDF Urges NY State Assembly Members to Oppose Bill Expanding Hate Crime Coverage to Law Enforcement

Read the PDF of our staement here.  NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges NY State Assembly Members to Oppose Bill Expanding Hate Crime Coverage to Law Enforcement The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent ...

Civil Rights Leaders Call for Scrutiny of DeVos’ Commitment to Civil Rights and Students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / LINK / TWEET THIS June 5, 2017 Contact: Shin Inouye, 202.869.0398, inouye@civilrights.org, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Maria Patrick, 202.588.5180, mpatrick@nwlc.org, National Women’s Law CenterEric Dyson, 202.419.1576, eadyson@transequality.org, ...

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