LDF’s Senate Testimony Details Department of Justice Role in Ensuring Police Officers Comply with Civil Rights Laws

Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts. The hearing, titled “War on Police: How the Federal Government Undermines State ...

Boggs Media, LLC Teams Up with LDF and My Brother’s Keeper Alliance

Boggs Media, LLC, and Paula Boggs Band are thrilled to announce their involvement with My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, which unites leaders across philanthropic, nonprofit, and private sectors to improve life outcomes of boys and men ...

LDF Welcomes Carlton T. Mayers II as Policy Counsel for Policing Reform

Carlton T. Mayers II joins the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) as Policy Counsel for its Policing Reform Campaign, where he will advance LDF’s efforts to effect responsible and unbiased policing by ...

A Tribute to Jacqueline A. Berrien Former LDF Associate Director-Counsel and Civil Rights Champion

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) pays tribute to Jacqueline A. Berrien, an extraordinary and highly accomplished civil rights lawyer, the 14th Chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2010-2014), ...

LDF Pushes for Water Access and Affordability in Michigan Legislature

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educations Fund, Inc. (LDF) strongly supports the bipartisan, bicameral legislative package on water rights introduced by Michigan legislators today. These bills would establish sanitary and affordable water as a human ...

LDF Deeply Mourns the Passing of Former Associate Director-Counsel and Former EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien

Updated on Nov. 13, 2015 with more obituaries and rememberances. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of former Associate Director-Counsel, Jacqueline A. Berrien, who succumbed to a brief ...

Janai Nelson Discusses Tamir Rice Shooting on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Source: The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

Tamir Rice, a 12-year old boy, was fatally killed by Cleveland Police Officer. LDF Associate Director-Counsel  Janai Nelson casts doubt on the finding that the officer’s conduct was objectively reasonable at the time, saying that ...

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