Washington, D.C. — In the lead up to the 2014 midterm elections, the United States witnessed one of the greatest assaults on the right to vote in many generations. Many states implemented voting restrictions that ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund roundly condemns the non-indictment of Staten Island police officer Daniel Pantaleo. In a horrifying display of police brutality, captured on video, Officer Pantaleo choked Eric Garner to death ...
On Tuesday November 25, 2014, LDF attorney Leticia Smith-Evans delivered the keynote address at the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) 24th Annual Fall Appreciation Luncheon on Tuesday. Her address on the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education ...
Yesterday, NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill participated in a White House meeting with President Barack Obama Vice President Joe Biden, representatives from law enforcement organizations, youth leaders, local elected officials ...
Today, LDF sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, urging swift confirmation of Charlotte Burrows, nominee for Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and David Lopez, ...
Today, LDF called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to strengthen tools to assist localities in overcoming residential segregation. Housing segregation and discrimination still exists in countless jurisdictions around the nation, with ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) condemns the tragic killing of Akai Gurley, a 28-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by police in the stairwell of his girlfriend’s public housing ...
