LDF Statement on the Resignation of Richard Haste, Former NYPD Officer Involved in the 2012 Killing of Ramarley Graham

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is deeply disappointed with the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) unwillingness to terminate Richard Haste, the officer involved in the killing of Ramarley Graham, an ...

LDF Commemorates Roger Wilkins, 1932-2017

The memorial service for Roger Wilkins will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at Robert L. Smith Meeting Room in the Quaker Meeting House and Arts Center at Sidwell Friends School ...

LDF Urges Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Address Uptick in Race-Based Hate Crimes

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to Attorney General Jeff Sessions urging him to address the uptick in race-based hate crimes across the country and, in particular, the ...

Vanita Gupta to be New President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights announced today that it and its sister organization, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, had selected civil rights litigator and advocate Vanita Gupta to assume the ...

Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch’s Record on Civil Rights on AM Joy

Source: AM Joy

Neil Gorsuch’s Conservative Record Revealed Neil Gorsuch will sit in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow–and his record shows that he is more conservative than many people think. Joy and her panel discuss the ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Releases Comprehensive Report on the Civil Rights Record of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, Nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States

Read a PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Releases Comprehensive Report on the Civil Rights Record of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, Nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States LDF Opposes ...

LDF Supports Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala in Historic Decision to Not Seek the Death Penalty in Future Capital Cases

Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Supports Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala in Historic Decision to Not Seek the Death Penalty in Future Capital Cases  The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) ...

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