Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund (LDF) welcomes Columbia Law School Graduate Liliana Zaragoza as the first John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow of the organization which turns 75 this year. Zaragoza ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) vehemently condemns the actions of the gunman who killed nine people and injured three others at the Emanuel A.M.E Church in Charleston, South Carolina yesterday evening. ...
Today’s indictment of former South Carolina police officer Michael T. Slager by a grand jury in the shooting death of Walter L. Scott brings the nation – which has seen a recent spike in police ...
On May 29, LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson gave the keynote address at the International Social Movements Gathering on Water and Affordable Housing in Detroit. The Summit took place in conjunction with the International Gathering of Social Movements on ...
Today the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed the right of job seekers to be free of discrimination in hiring. Declaring that “[a]n employer may not make an applicant’s religious practice, confirmed or otherwise, a factor ...
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) is encouraged by the agreement announced today by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the City of Cleveland on plans to reform the Cleveland Division of ...
On May 19, LDF submitted a statement containing recommendations on police strategies for the House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Policing Strategies for the 21st Century,” to address the waning public trust in the police (mostly within communities of ...
