NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Commends USDOT on Agreement to Restore Driver’s License Issuing Offices in Alabama’s Majority Black Counties

Read the PDF of our statement here. Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Alabama’s department of motor vehicles, entered an agreement that fully restores the hours of driver’s license ...

LDF Letter to New York State Commissioner of Education Urging Her to Remove Carl Paladino from Buffalo School Board

Read the PDF of our statement here. Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to MaryEllen Elia, New York State Commissioner of Education, calling on her to remove Carl ...

Statement of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund on Arrest of Jacqueline Craig by the Fort Worth Police Department

Read the PDF of our statement here. Cell phone video emerged last week showing a white Fort Worth, Texas police officer violently arresting an unarmed African-American woman, Jacqueline Craig. In a cruel twist of irony, Ms. ...

Everything You Need to Know About Jeff Sessions

On November 18, 2016, President-Elect Donald Trump announced that Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions will be his nominee for Attorney General of the United States.  As head of the Department of Justice and the nation’s top ...

LDF Commemorates Louis Harris, 1921-2016

Read the PDF of our statement here. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund mourns the loss of long-time board member Louis Harris. Harris was a giant of American political life, revolutionizing the use of public opinion analysis ...

Free the Vote: LDF and The Sentencing Project Release New Report on Felony Disenfranchisement

Read the PDF of our report here. Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and The Sentencing Project issued Free the Vote: Unlocking Democracy in the Cells and on the Streets, reporting ...

Janai Nelson: Proven Perils of Rolling the Dice on Trump

By: Janai Nelson Source: Huffington Post From the moment he began assembling his administration, president-elect Donald Trump has confirmed the worst fears of the 75 percent of the electorate who did not vote for him. He ...

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