Attorney General Lynch a Powerful Force for Civil Rights

Statement of NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill “I have the greatest respect for Attorney General Lynch. She has been a courageous and powerful force for civil rights enforcement. Her first significant ...

Ahead of Hearing, National Civil Rights Leaders Call for Intense Scrutiny of Secretary of Education Nominee Betsy DeVos

Today, national civil rights leaders urged the Senate HELP Committee to review Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos’ alarming past with respect to civil rights and hold her feet to the fire on critical issues ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Muslim Advocates Commend Flyers’ Bill of Rights

Read the PDF of our statement here. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Muslim Advocates commend the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) decision to release a Passengers’ Right to Fly Free from ...

Read Powerful 1986 Letter from Coretta Scott King Opposing Jeff Sessions for Federal Court Judgeship

In 1986, Coretta Scott King, the late wife of renowned civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and a prominent civil rights activist in her own right, wrote a nine-page statement opposing the nomination of ...

Martin Luther King Day 2017: Learning from His Legacy

This weekend, we honor the life, leadership, and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LDF was privileged to represent Dr. King on numerous occasions:   In 1965 during the Selma marches when LDF litigated ...

LDF to HELP Committee: DeVos Record Shows Unprepared to Lead Education Department

Today, LDF sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions expressing opposition to the nomination of Elisabeth Prince DeVos as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. Read the ...

Stinging DOJ Report Details Entrenched Racial Bias in Chicago Police Department, Systematic Violation of Residents’ Constitutional Rights

Read the PDF version of our statement here. Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a stinging report describing a pattern and practice of unconstitutional policing in the Chicago Police Department (CPD). The ...

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