Janai Nelson Discusses Disparate Impact at the ACS 2015 National Convention

ACS National Convention 2015 June 11 – 13, 2015  Capital Hilton 1001 16th Street, NW Washington, D.C. From American Constitution Society: As structural inequality persists and overt racial animus becomes rarer, the ability to attack policies ...

LDF Calls for a Full Investigation of the Police In-Custody Death of Sandra Bland

Amid disturbing allegations of police abuse and use of excessive force, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joins calls for a full and complete investigation into the in-custody death of Sandra Bland, ...

LDF Statement Marking One Year Anniversary of the Police-Involved Chokehold Death of Eric Garner

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joins family, friends and people across the country and the world in remembering Eric Garner, a Staten Island father of six, who was killed one ...

ABA-LDF Joint Statement on Eliminating Bias in the Criminal Justice System

Read the PDF of our joint statement here. The American Bar Association and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. have long and proud traditions of fighting for civil rights, human rights and equal justice.  ...

African-American Business Leaders Contribute $1 Million to LDF’s Policing Reform Campaign

Nearly two dozen prominent African-American business leaders announced the donation of $1,000,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) to launch a campaign for policing reform. The business group, which designated several ...

Every Child Achieves Act Falls Short of Civil Rights Commitment of Original ESEA

As the Senate gives final consideration to reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), LDF speaks strongly about retaining the basic principles of the Act, originally passed in 1965 to ensure that all students are educated on ...

LDF and South Carolina Leaders Ask U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Open Federal Investigations in the Aftermath of the Police Killing of Walter Scott and the Emanuel Nine Massacre

Today, on the heels of the South Carolina State Legislature’s vote to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), in partnership with the North Charleston ...

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