As we approach the 50thAnniversary of Bloody Sunday, we are proud to showcase a key, historical document from LDF’s archives about its role in the march from Selma to Montgomery. On March 16, 1965, LDF ...
Today’s determination by the Department of Justice that the Ferguson Police Department has engaged in a pattern and practice of racial discrimination vindicates the on-going advocacy efforts by protesters, civil rights activists and residents of ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. is encouraged by the recommendations for police reform outlined in the report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, which was released today. The Task ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund is deeply saddened by the passing of Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, the former president of Notre Dame University and trusted civil rights advisor to several U.S. presidents. Father Hesburgh ...
THE PAUL ROBESON LECTURE WITH GUEST SPEAKER SHERRILYN IFILLPRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR-COUNSEL, NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND RACE, RIGHTS & THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Thursday, February 12, 2015- 6:00PM- 8:00PM The 2015 Paul ...
On November 8, 2014, President Obama nominated Loretta Lynch to be the nation’s 83rd Attorney General. If confirmed, Lynch would be the nation’s first African-American woman to head the Justice Department. Lynch currently serves as ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (LDF) is deeply disappointed by the Department of Justice’s decision not to bring federal hate-crime charges against George Zimmerman for the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old ...
