The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) has appointed Coty Montag, an experienced civil rights attorney, as Deputy Director of Litigation. Coty Montag is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and the ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is profoundly saddened to learn of the passing of Amelia Boynton Robinson, a courageous, iconic founder of the voting rights movement and former LDF client. As ...
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) honors the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Area who continue to work to reclaim and revitalize their communities, as ...
LDF deeply mourns the passing of iconic civil rights leader Julian Bond, a leading and tireless social activist, institution-builder, and advocate for racial justice and human rights. Mr. Bond’s profound impact on the struggle for ...
This week, Texas Appleseed, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and other Texas-based organizations sent a letter to the McKinney Independent School District (ISD) asking that it implement training for the McKinney Police Department officers who work ...
Yesterday, the Colorado Court of Appeals unanimously declared that a Colorado bakery’s refusal to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples violates Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA). This decision affirmed the May 2014 finding of the Colorado ...
In 50 years into the Voting Rights Act, there’s still work to do, LDF attorney Leah Aden discusses LDF’s efforts to use Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and other advocacy tools to challenge felon ...
