A Tribute to Clarence C. Finley, 1922-2016

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of former board member and civil rights pioneer Clarence C. Finley, who not only played an instrumental part in integrating the United States ...

LDF Stands Up for African-American Consumers

LDF Submits Comments to CFPB on Critical Proposed RuleRegarding Forced Arbitration and Class Action Waivers LDF has a long history of using class-action litigation to fight racial discrimination in housing, employment, lending, and other areas of ...

A Tribute to Harry Briggs Jr., One of the Children at the Center of Brown v. Board of Education

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Harry Briggs Jr. LDF represented the Briggs family in one of the most important fights for justice in our nation’s history: the ...

LDF Asks Baltimore County Police Department Critical Questions About Shooting Death of Korryn Gaines

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to James W. Johnson, Chief of the Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD) seeking a thorough, transparent, and timely investigation into the police-involved shooting ...

LDF: Texas Court Order Ensures Access to Ballot for Hundreds of Thousands, But More Work Remains

Today, ahead of the November election, U.S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos issued an order providing interim relief to the 600,000 registered voters and 1.2 million eligible voters who lack one of the limited ...

Scathing DOJ Report Exposes Harsh Reality of Discriminatory Policing in Baltimore

The United States Department of Justice issued a scathing report detailing a pattern and practice of racial discrimination in the Baltimore Police Department (BPD). The report was issued after the Division engaged in a nearly ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Marks Second Anniversary of Policing-Shooting Death of Michael Brown and Current State of Affairs in Ferguson, Missouri

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager whose death at the hands of police in Ferguson, Missouri served as the catalyst that sparked a nationwide ...

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