Harvard Students and Alumni Testify in Support of College Admissions Policies That Foster Diversity

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BOSTON –Harvard students and alumni will testify in federal court today in support of the university’s ability to consider race as one of many factors in its holistic admissions process. The NAACP Legal Defense and ...

LDF Statement on Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting

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LDF Statement on Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to reports of multiple casualties Tree ...

Waller County Modestly Expands Early Voting in Prairie View, LDF’s Suit Still Pending

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In response to public pressure and a lawsuit filed by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), election commissioners in Waller County, Texas yesterday took a modest but important step forward to provide ...

LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson discusses Georgia’s Voter Suppression on All in with Chris Hayes

Watch as Janai Nelson discusses Georgia’s Voter Suppression ahead of the 2018 Midterm election with Chris Hayes on MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes.

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Suit Against Waller County, Texas for Restricting Early Voting Rights of Black Students

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a suit in federal court today against election officials in Waller County, Texas, who have refused to provide any early voting location on the campus ...

LDF Responds to Report of Trump Administration Considering Drastic Efforts to Undermine Legal Status of Transgender People

Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to The New York Times’ report that the Trump Administration is considering drastic efforts to undermine the ...

LDF Responds to President Trump’s Statement About Voting

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Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s statement about voting: “The President of the United States is using his extraordinary ...

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