LDF Statement on the 61st Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

Download a Brown fact sheet here and a list of Brown milestones here. ### All children deserve quality education opportunities. Join @NAACP_LDF on Twitter on May 18 @1pm EST to discuss#BrownsPromise. On May 17th the landmark ...

LDF Statement on Department of Justice’s Announcement of Federal Probe of Baltimore Police Department

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) commends the Department of Justice (DOJ) for launching a federal investigation of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) to determine whether BPD has engaged in a “pattern or practice” ...

LDF Statement on Homicide Charges Against Baltimore Police Officers in In-custody Death of Freddie Gray

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is gratified by the decisions made and professionalism exhibited by the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s office in the case of the police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. The ...

Media Highlights on Death of Freddie Gray While in the Custody of Baltimore Police

With Sherrilyn Ifill, Searching for solutions in Baltimore, Face the Nation (May 3, 2015) “A discussion about unrest in Baltimore with Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.”   ...

Sherrilyn Ifill: A National Crisis Needs National Response

This is a difficult but necessary thing to say: police involved killings and assaults on unarmed African Americans are unlikely to end soon. They will not end quickly, because they are neither new nor reflective ...

LDF Calls for Immediate Redress in the Death of Freddie Gray to End Outrage in Baltimore

The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) calls for immediate redress for the death of Freddie Gray and the long record of excessive use of force by the Baltimore Police Department in order ...

LDF Defends Trial Court Win Against Texas’s Intentionally Discriminatory Voter ID Law

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational, Inc. (LDF) defends before the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals its trial court win against SB 14, Texas’s intentionally discriminatory voter ID law and the strictest voter ...

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