V. Renée Cutting Joins LDF as Chief Development Officer

V. Renée Cutting, Chief Development Officer of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., is responsible for developing and implementing fundraising strategies to advance LDF’s mission. Renée has over 18 years of fundraising experience and has ...

LDF & Smithsonian National Museum of American History Commemorate Historic 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

In a lead up to the 50th Anniversary of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was signed on August 6th by President Lyndon B. Johnson, hundreds gathered at the Smithsonian Museum of American ...

Janai Nelson Discusses Disparate Impact at the ACS 2015 National Convention

ACS National Convention 2015 June 11 – 13, 2015  Capital Hilton 1001 16th Street, NW Washington, D.C. From American Constitution Society: As structural inequality persists and overt racial animus becomes rarer, the ability to attack policies ...

LDF Calls for a Full Investigation of the Police In-Custody Death of Sandra Bland

Amid disturbing allegations of police abuse and use of excessive force, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joins calls for a full and complete investigation into the in-custody death of Sandra Bland, ...

LDF Statement Marking One Year Anniversary of the Police-Involved Chokehold Death of Eric Garner

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joins family, friends and people across the country and the world in remembering Eric Garner, a Staten Island father of six, who was killed one ...

ABA-LDF Joint Statement on Eliminating Bias in the Criminal Justice System

Read the PDF of our joint statement here. The American Bar Association and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. have long and proud traditions of fighting for civil rights, human rights and equal justice.  ...

African-American Business Leaders Contribute $1 Million to LDF’s Policing Reform Campaign

Nearly two dozen prominent African-American business leaders announced the donation of $1,000,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) to launch a campaign for policing reform. The business group, which designated several ...

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