Today, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Buck v. Stephens, a death penalty case raising extraordinary issues of racial bias in capital punishment sentencing. LDF, along with its co-counsel, the Texas Defender Service ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of our former client Muhammad Ali, one of the most powerful, charismatic and inspiring figures of the 20th and 21st centuries. In ...
Update June 2, 2016: Public visitation will be held on Monday, June 6th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm at McGuire Funeral Service, Inc., 7400 Georgia, Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20012. A memorial service will be held on ...
On May 23, 2016, in response to more than a year of advocacy by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Florissant City Council voted to approve a redistricting plan that will ...
Before the 15 judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel, Janai Nelson, brilliantly laid out the argument that Texas’ voter ID law intentionally discriminates against minority voters. In two minutes ...
Today’s acquittal of Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero on all four charges brought against him for his role in the death of Freddie Gray demonstrates the difficulties in holding officers accountable for in-custody deaths of ...
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a series of decisions highlighting the ongoing importance of civil rights to the Court’s docket this Term, as well as the country at large. The ...
