The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Morrison & Foerster LLP filed a lawsuit against the Binghamton School District on behalf of parents whose twelve-year-old daughters were subjected to an illegal strip ...
This morning, the Honorable Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit passed away at the age of 96. A grandson of slaves, Judge Keith rose from humble roots in ...
Lisa Cylar Barrett, Monique Dixon, Rashida Ogletree-George and Zahra Mion Take on New Roles The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is pleased to announce the following changes to our Policy Department. “At this critical moment ...
The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it would not review the case of Charles Rhines despite compelling evidence that at least some of the jurors sentenced him to death in part because he is gay. ...
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), provided the following statement: “We condemn unequivocally President Trump’s distortion of the words of freshman congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) ...
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., issued the following statement: “Today at his confirmation hearing to serve as Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey Rosen refused to say that ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the doctrine of qualified immunity, which shields government agents from liability for misconduct. The ...
