NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Comments on Chicago Police Consent Decree

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(Washington, D.C.) | The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today offered comments on the draft consent decree between the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the City of Chicago requiring reform of the Chicago Police Department ...

21 Harvard Student and Alumni Organizations Reject Attempt to Censor Their Voices

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Harvard student and alumni organizations, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), are fighting back against an attempt to exclude their voices from being heard by the court considering a lawsuit ...

21 Harvard Student and Alumni Organizations Reject Attempt to Censor Their Voices

Read a PDF of our statement Here

Harvard student and alumni organizations, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), are fighting back against an attempt to exclude their voices from being heard by the court considering a lawsuit ...

Civil Rights Leaders Call for Full Examination of Kavanaugh’s Record and Request Meeting with Senate Leadership

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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Six prominent African-American civil rights leaders sent a letter today to Senate leaders to express their concern that the Senate is not meeting its responsibility to fully and impartially evaluate the fitness ...

LDF Statement on Grand Jury Indictment of Former Baltimore Police Officer Arthur Williams

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Today a grand jury indicted former Baltimore police officer Arthur Williams on three charges: first-degree assault, second-degree assault and officer misconduct after disturbing video surfaced on social media over the weekend showing Williams violently beating ...

A Tribute to LDF Alum Sheila Thomas

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Sheila Y. Thomas, who was a member of LDF’s inaugural class of Skadden Fellows. An accomplished attorney who litigated countless employment discrimination ...

Janai Nelson Joins David Gura on MSNBC to Discuss the Anniversary of #Charlottesville and Unite the Right Rallies

By: MSNBC Source: MSNBC with David Gura   LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson joins David Gura on MSNBC to discuss the one-year Anniversary of #Charlottesville and the #UniteTheRight2 rallies this weekend.

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