LDF Joins with Coalition Urging Accountability to End School Pushout

LDF is the federal liaison for the Dignity in Schools Campaign, a coalition of 98 organizations from 25 states dedicated to ending school pushout due to overly punitive school discipline practices that push students out ...

LDF, Nearly 100 Advocacy Organizations Call for End of Harassment & Bullying of LGBTQ Students

Senator Al Franken will be offering an amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act which will help protect students who are lesbian, gay and transgender (LGBT) from harassment and bullying.  LDF has signed on to a ...

LDF Applauds New Fair Housing Rule As Powerful Tool to Promote Opportunity

The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) enthusiastically welcomes today’s announcement by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of the issuance of a final “affirmatively furthering fair housing” regulation. This new ...

Thurgood Marshall’s Stirring Acceptance Speech After Receiving the Prestigious Liberty Award on July 4, 1992

Thurgood Marshall Former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States July 4, 1992 Independence Hall Philadelphia, PA *** It is a pleasure to speak here on the anniversary of our Nation’s independence. As ...

LDF Welcome New Lawyers to Our New York and Washington D.C. Offices

Caren Short, Liliana Zaragoza, Angel S. Harris, and Ajmel Quereshi. (Chris Kemmit not pictured) LDF is pleased to welcome several new impressive hires to our team this summer. Caren Short, Ajmel Quereshi, Lily Zaragoza, Angel ...

Governor Cuomo Executive Order Designating Eric Schneiderman as Special Prosecutor Is A Step in the Right Direction

For years, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) has joined the families of victims in calls for accountability in investigations of deaths in police custody. Tuesday’s announcement of a tentative framework designating Attorney General ...

LDF Statement on U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on Drug Lethal Injection

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is deeply disappointed that the United States Supreme Court has upheld the lethal injection cocktail used by Oklahoma to carry out executions. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Glossip v. Gross ...

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