Selma to Montgomery March Profiles of LDF Co-counsel Charles Stephen Ralston, Fred D. Gray and Solomon Seay, Jr.

Charles Stephen Ralston  Steve Ralston was born in San Francisco, California, in 1937. He attended public schools there, and received his B.A. in 1959 and J.D. in 1962 from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt ...

LDF Unveils Historic Legal Document that Set the March from Selma to Montgomery in Motion, Leading to the Passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

As we approach the 50thAnniversary of Bloody Sunday, we are proud to showcase a key, historical document from LDF’s archives about its role in the march from Selma to Montgomery.  On March 16, 1965, LDF ...

LDF Calls For Wholesale Reforms in Light of DOJ’s Findings of Pattern of Police Bias and Excessive Force in Ferguson

Today’s determination by the Department of Justice that the Ferguson Police Department has engaged in a pattern and practice of racial discrimination vindicates the on-going advocacy efforts by protesters, civil rights activists and residents of ...

LDF’s Statement on Proposed Recommendations from the Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Policing

The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. is encouraged by the recommendations for police reform outlined in the report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, which was released today. The Task ...

LDF Remembers Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh

The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund is deeply saddened by the passing of Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, the former president of Notre Dame University and trusted civil rights advisor to several U.S. presidents. Father Hesburgh ...

Sherrilyn Ifill Delivers Keynote Address at Columbia Law School’s Annual Paul Robeson Conference

THE PAUL ROBESON LECTURE WITH GUEST SPEAKER SHERRILYN  IFILLPRESIDENT AND  DIRECTOR-COUNSEL, NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND  EDUCATIONAL FUND   RACE, RIGHTS  & THE  FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA Thursday, February 12, 2015- 6:00PM- 8:00PM The 2015 Paul ...

LDF Applauds Today’s Senate Judiciary Committee Vote to Send Nomination of Loretta Lynch for Attorney General to the Senate for Final Vote

On November 8, 2014, President Obama nominated Loretta Lynch to be the nation’s 83rd Attorney General. If confirmed, Lynch would be the nation’s first African-American woman to head the Justice Department. Lynch currently serves as ...

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