LDF Files Objection to Gardendale’s Efforts to Stymie Desegregation

Gardendale Practice Part of Troubling Trend of Reinstating Racially Segregated Education The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an objection in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ...

Celebrate the Anniversary of the March on Washington By Continuing Its Work

 Legal Defense Fund Honors the 53rd Anniversary of the March on Washington Fifty-three years ago, on August 28, 1963, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. exhorted the audience of 250,000 people who had gathered at the steps ...

A Tribute to Clarence C. Finley, 1922-2016

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of former board member and civil rights pioneer Clarence C. Finley, who not only played an instrumental part in integrating the United States ...

LDF Stands Up for African-American Consumers

LDF Submits Comments to CFPB on Critical Proposed RuleRegarding Forced Arbitration and Class Action Waivers LDF has a long history of using class-action litigation to fight racial discrimination in housing, employment, lending, and other areas of ...

A Tribute to Harry Briggs Jr., One of the Children at the Center of Brown v. Board of Education

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Harry Briggs Jr. LDF represented the Briggs family in one of the most important fights for justice in our nation’s history: the ...

LDF Asks Baltimore County Police Department Critical Questions About Shooting Death of Korryn Gaines

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to James W. Johnson, Chief of the Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD) seeking a thorough, transparent, and timely investigation into the police-involved shooting ...

LDF: Texas Court Order Ensures Access to Ballot for Hundreds of Thousands, But More Work Remains

Today, ahead of the November election, U.S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos issued an order providing interim relief to the 600,000 registered voters and 1.2 million eligible voters who lack one of the limited ...

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