Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a complaint against Avant Realty alleging that the company engaged in racially discriminatory real estate practices in Buffalo, New York. The foundation of today’s complaint is a ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the loss of President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States. A lifelong champion of human rights and powerful proponent of racial justice in America, President Carter broke new ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) applauds new guidance regarding Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 released today by the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. LDF Director of Policy Demetria McCain ...
Media Contact: Troi Barnes, media@naacpldf.org The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today applauded the Mayor and City Council of Minneapolis for entering into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to reform the Minneapolis Police ...
CONTACT: Ella Wiley, ACLU, ewiley@aclu.org Ali DeFazio, ACLU of Louisiana, media@laaclu.org Troi Barnes, LDF, 929-736-1528, tbarnes@naacpldf.org New Orleans, La. – Oral argument concluded today at the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case ...
MEDIA CONTACT: Troi Barnes, media@naacpldf.org Emily Berkowitz, eberkowitz@aclu.org Hasson Bacote is one of 15 people on North Carolina’s death row who had their sentences commuted by the Governor. RALEIGH, NC – The American Civil Liberties ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today condemned the brutal killing of Robert Brooks, who was beaten to death by a group of corrections officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York. LDF President ...
