The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) is unequivocal in its belief that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment and its administration is rife with errors that violate the 8th and 14th ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
