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 ...

Every Child Achieves Act Falls Short of Civil Rights Commitment of Original ESEA

As the Senate gives final consideration to reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), LDF speaks strongly about retaining the basic principles of the Act, originally passed in 1965 to ensure that all students are educated on ...

LDF and South Carolina Leaders Ask U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to Open Federal Investigations in the Aftermath of the Police Killing of Walter Scott and the Emanuel Nine Massacre

Today, on the heels of the South Carolina State Legislature’s vote to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), in partnership with the North Charleston ...

LDF Congratulates Families and Advocates for the Designation of Special Prosecutor by Governor Cuomo

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) joins the families of New Yorkers killed by police as they celebrate a milestone victory – the Governor’s signing of an executive order that requires the Attorney ...

LDF Joins with Coalition Urging Accountability to End School Pushout

LDF is the federal liaison for the Dignity in Schools Campaign, a coalition of 98 organizations from 25 states dedicated to ending school pushout due to overly punitive school discipline practices that push students out ...

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