The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) swift legal action today against the city of Ferguson. Ferguson has demonstrated extreme ...
After last night’s Ferguson City Council hearing, during which Ferguson’s mayor and city council members made all-too-familiar and unverified claims that implementation of its proposed police and court reform consent decree would be too costly, ...
Yesterday, President Obama released the last budget of his presidency with a focus on promoting equity in education. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) supports the President’s emphasis on promoting equal access ...
After reviewing the proposed consent decree between the City of Ferguson, MO and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to implement critical policing and municipal court reforms—and after consulting with local community leaders and ...
On February 8, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), along with Perkins Coie LLP, filed a “friend of the court” brief in State v. Arlene’s Flowers, Inc., a case that challenges a ...
Milestones in LDF’s Fight for Voter Equality In this first “Throwback Thursday” (#tbt) installment of our “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now” series for Black History Month 2016, we will take a look ...
Focus on North Charleston, SC; Baltimore, MD; and New York City The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released a letter today asking U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the U.S. Department of ...
