Read the PDF of our statement here. Statement of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. If there was any doubt about Betsy DeVos’ preparedness or suitability to lead the Department of Education, her ...
Statement of NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill “I have the greatest respect for Attorney General Lynch. She has been a courageous and powerful force for civil rights enforcement. Her first significant ...
Today, national civil rights leaders urged the Senate HELP Committee to review Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos’ alarming past with respect to civil rights and hold her feet to the fire on critical issues ...
Read the PDF of our statement here. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Muslim Advocates commend the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) decision to release a Passengers’ Right to Fly Free from ...
In 1986, Coretta Scott King, the late wife of renowned civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and a prominent civil rights activist in her own right, wrote a nine-page statement opposing the nomination of ...
This weekend, we honor the life, leadership, and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LDF was privileged to represent Dr. King on numerous occasions: In 1965 during the Selma marches when LDF litigated ...
Today, LDF sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions expressing opposition to the nomination of Elisabeth Prince DeVos as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. Read the ...
