NAACP Legal Defense Fund writes McConnell, Schumer, to express concern over potential contraction of Senate Judiciary Committee

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to voice concern over reports that some Senate leaders are ...

LDF Statement on Shooting Death of E.J. Bradford

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Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the police shooting of E.J. Bradford outside of Birmingham, Alabama: “The tragedy of E.J. Bradford’s ...

LDF asks Supreme Court to rule on police officers’ obligations to administer aid

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) asked the U.S. Supreme Court today to take up the question of whether police officers are constitutionally obligated to help a person injured during arrest. The ...

Sherrilyn Ifill Joins Joy Reid and Stacey Abrams on The AMJoy Show

Source: MSNBC's AM Joy Show

LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill joins Joy Reid and Stacey Abrams on The AMJoy show to discuss the Georgia midterms and the Voting Rights Act.

LDF Statement on New Baltimore Police Commissioner Joel Fitzgerald

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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 Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s selection of Joel Fitzgerald as Baltimore’s next police ...

LDF Responds to Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s Comments on Voting

Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s comments that making voting “a little more difficult” for “liberal” ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on First Step Act

Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, issued the following statement on the First Step Act criminal justice reform bill: “The revised First Step Act, S. 3649 is the latest modest ...

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