LDF Welcomes Angela Vallot and Kim Koopersmith as Historic New Co-Chairs of Board of Directors

Kim Koopersmith Angela Vallot The Board of Directors of the  NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today announced that Angela Vallot, Co-Founder and Partner at VallotKarp Consulting, and Kim Koopersmith, Chairperson of the ...

LDF Sends Letter to South Carolina Senate Judiciary Redistricting Subcommittee on their Duty to Comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and Recommendations for Transparency, Public Involvement, and Fair Representation

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”), the American Civil Liberties Union, South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, League of Women Voters of South Carolina, South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, and ...

LDF Submits Letter to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition Technology

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) submitted a letter for the record in connection with the July 13, 2021 hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland ...

Court Monitor Cannot Accurately Assess NYPD Policy Changes Without Hearing from Impacted People

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Today, community organizations, attorneys behind the class-action lawsuits that challenged the New York City Police Department (NYPD)’s stop-and-frisk and trespass-enforcement practices, and elected officials rallied at One Police Plaza to demand an end to the ...

LDF Statement on the Passing of Civil Rights Icon and Education Advocate Robert Moses

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. mourns the loss and celebrates the life of Robert (“Bob”) Parris Moses, brilliant educator, strategist, activist, and architect of the Freedom Summer Project, who also helped ...

Brooklyn Block Co-Named Jacqueline Berrien Way In Honor of Former LDF Associate Director-Counsel

Today, a section of Decatur Street between Lewis and Stuyvesant Avenues in Brooklyn, New York, was co-named Jacqueline Berrien Way in honor of former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Associate Director-Counsel Jacqueline ...

LDF Submits Comments in Response to Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Request for Information on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted comments in response to the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Request for Information regarding the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline. LDF urges OCR ...

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