The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined a coalition of civil rights organizations to send a letter urging President Biden to immediately reinstate the federal moratorium on the use of the death ...
On Feb. 5, 2021, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) filed a brief appealing a September 2020 district court decision dismissing its jury discrimination ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., sent a letter to the Pinellas County School Board regarding their proposed Interagency Agreement between Pinellas County School Board, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Pinellas County Schools Police Department, ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in support of Mr. Christopher Swindell, whose workplace discrimination and retaliation ...
Actress Cicely Tyson, 1976. Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement on the passing of Cicely Tyson: “We have lost a ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron, who passed away on January 22nd in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 86 years old. Mr. Aaron was a legend in ...
Today, President Biden announced executive actions seeking to “advance racial equity and support for underserved communities,” including an Executive Order directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to renew contracts with private prisons – effectively ending federal use of private prisons – and a Presidential Memorandum directing the ...
