LDF Sends Letter Over Voter Registration Concerns at Alabama A&M and Oakwood University

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) sent a letter to Madison County Board of Registrars Chairman Lynda Hairston today about a variety of troubling issues with voter registration at the historically Black ...

Justice Equality Democracy: LDF 32nd Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner

Justice Equality Democracy The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) held its 32nd Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner, Justice Equality Democracy, on Thursday, November 1st at The Ziegfeld Theater in New York ...

LDF Sends Letter Asking For Removal of Election Worker Who Refused to Assist Voters

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today sent a letter to officials in McLennan County, Texas asking that they relieve an election worker from her duties for failing to comply with state ...

Sherrilyn Ifill Joins Andrea Mitchell to Discuss Voter Suppression in Georgia and North Dakota

Source: MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports

President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joins Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss voter suppression in Georgia and North Dakota ahead of Election Day. 

In letter, LDF and Partners Demand That Attorney General Sessions Develop Comprehensive Response to Rise in Hate Crimes

Read a PDF of our statement Here

October 30, 2018 | The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined five other civil rights racial justice organizations today in sending a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions demanding that he develop ...

LDF Sends Letter to Secretary Rolando Pablos Over Reported Problems with Electronic Voting Machines in Texas

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and Texas State Conference of the NAACP (“Texas NAACP”) sent a letter to Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos today expressing serious concern about reports of ...

LDF Honors the Life of Board Member John D. Maguire

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of longtime board member Dr. John D. Maguire. His evolution from a child of the South who grew ...

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