LDF Sends Letter to Huntsville Alabama City Leaders Over Fair Representation for Black Voters on School Board

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the presidents of Huntsville, Alabama’s City Council and Board of Education urging them to alter Huntsville’s district configuration, which currently denies ...

Sherrilyn Ifill and Academy-Award Winning Writer-Director Barry Jenkins Explore Beale Street Narratives

Beale Street x LDF: A Conversation We were thrilled to partner with Annapurna Pictures for a screening and discussion with Academy Award-winning film writer-director Barry Jenkins of his latest film, If Beale Street Could Talk, ...

LDF Encourages New York Legislature to Make Voting Rights a Priority in 2019

As part of the New York Voting Rights Consortium, a group of leading local and national voting-rights advocates, LDF wrote to leaders of the NY State Legislature today to strongly encourage the adoption of five ...

LDF Joins Civil Rights Organizations on Press Call Expressing Doubts About AG Nominee William Barr

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Drug Policy Alliance, National Immigration Law Center, and Lambda Legal for a press call today to discuss the ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Post-Trial Brief in Lawsuit to Determine Future of Race-Conscious Admissions at Harvard

Read a PDF of our statement Here

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law today, urging the Massachusetts federal court to reaffirm Harvard’s right to consider race as one of many ...

LDF Makes Public Records Request in Response to Hair Discrimination Case Involving Buena Regional High School Wrestler

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today submitted an open public records request with the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The request asks for information regarding policies about and investigations ...

LDF Statement on Joel Fitzgerald’s Withdrawal from Baltimore Police Commissioner Job

Monique Dixon, Deputy Director of Policy for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to Joel Fitzgerald withdrawing from consideration as Baltimore Police commissioner: “Dr. Fitzgerald’s withdrawal is in ...

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