LDF Statement on the Department of Justice Declining to Prosecute NYPD Police Officer for Unlawful Choking Death of Eric Garner

Read a PDF of our statement here.  Today, the U.S. Department of Justice refused to hold Officer Daniel Pantaleo responsible for his role in the July 2014 choking death of Eric Garner. Sherrilyn Ifill, President ...

A Tribute to Earl Cunningham, LDF Information and Office Services Clerk from 1968 to 2015

Earl Cunningham and Oscar Fambro in LDF’s office at 10 Columbus Circle, New York, 1970s The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Earl Cunningham, one of our longest-serving employees. ...

LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill in Slate Op-Ed: The Same Myths That Thwarted Busing Are Keeping School Segregation Alive

Source: Slate “A contentious conversation over busing as a tool to desegregate schools began last week during the first debates of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary season and has continued onto the campaign trail this ...

Legal Defense Fund Joins Effort to Extend Title VII Protections to LGBTQ Individuals

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The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), joined the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and 56 of the nation’s premier civil rights organizations as amici curiae ...

Sherrilyn Ifill Joins MSNBC’s AM Joy to Discuss SCOTUS’ Gerrymandering and Census Decisions

LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joined Joy Reid on MSNBC’s AM Joy to discuss the Supreme Court decisions in this week’s Census and Gerrymandering cases.

Groups Sue to Block New Florida Law That Undermines Voting Rights Restoration

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Federal Lawsuit Filed Immediately After Governor Signed Bill Into Law GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law filed a ...

Supreme Court Rules Against Inclusion of Undemocratic Citizen Question in the 2020 Census

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Today, civil rights groups secured a critical victory against the Trump administration’s attempt to manipulate the Census to the detriment of people of color and to the accurate enumerations of the American public. In a ...

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