Reflections of Former President and Director-Counsel Ted Shaw on the Legacy of William T. Coleman, Jr.

“When I think about Bill Coleman, I think about Bob Jones University v. I.R.S. and the Reagan Administration’s abandonment in the Supreme Court of the government’s long-held position denying tax-exempt-status to private schools that practiced racial discrimination. ...

LDF Commemorates William T. Coleman, Jr., 1920-2017

See a pdf version of this article here.  The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) mourns the loss of William T. Coleman, Jr., a key member of the legal team that litigated Brown v. ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis File Brief Urging Immediate End to Wealth-Based Bail for People Charged with Misdemeanors in Harris County

NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis File Brief Urging Immediate End to Wealth-Based Bail for People Charged with Misdemeanors in Harris County The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) ...

LDF Statement on the Resignation of Richard Haste, Former NYPD Officer Involved in the 2012 Killing of Ramarley Graham

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is deeply disappointed with the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) unwillingness to terminate Richard Haste, the officer involved in the killing of Ramarley Graham, an ...

LDF Commemorates Roger Wilkins, 1932-2017

The memorial service for Roger Wilkins will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. at Robert L. Smith Meeting Room in the Quaker Meeting House and Arts Center at Sidwell Friends School ...

LDF Urges Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Address Uptick in Race-Based Hate Crimes

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to Attorney General Jeff Sessions urging him to address the uptick in race-based hate crimes across the country and, in particular, the ...

Vanita Gupta to be New President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights announced today that it and its sister organization, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, had selected civil rights litigator and advocate Vanita Gupta to assume the ...

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