The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing strong opposition to the confirmation of William Barr to serve as Attorney General of the United States. LDF ...
News reports indicate that over a thousand inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, have been living without adequate heat, hot water, and electricity in their cells. It also appears that the ...
A medical school yearbook page belonging to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam surfaced today showing a photograph of two men, one in blackface and one in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood. Janai Nelson, Associate ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) welcomes U.S. District Judge Robert Dow’s approval of the consent decree to reform the Chicago Police Department. Judge Dow’s order today follows a public comment period ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted written testimony in support of SB 96, which is pending before the Maryland legislature and would permanently repeal the authority of the Mayor and the ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a response to Waller County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that LDF brought on behalf of five Prairie A&M University (PVAMU) students who are demanding ...
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the House Judiciary Committee today about H.R.1, the For the People Act, a comprehensive package of democracy reforms, ...
