Honorees on the 29th Annual List Include Gabrielle Union, LeBron James,Shonda Rhimes, Pharrell Williams, Kevin Hart and T.D. Jakes Music Impresario Quincy Jones will receive the EBONY Achievement Award Gala Celebration Will Take Place in ...
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) applauds President Obama’s historic appointment of the first African American female Attorney General of the United States, Loretta Lynch. Ms. Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New ...
“NAACP Legal Defense Fund mourns for the thousands of people across the world whose lives have been tragically lost to the Ebola virus. We wholeheartedly support the brave and dedicated health care workers who are fighting to stop the spread of ...
The state of Alabama has told the NAACP Legal Defense Fund that public housing Identification will not be accepted as a form of photo ID to vote at the polls. LDF has written the Secretary of State’s ...
LDF lawyers will be teaming up with local grassroots and legal partners to ensure maximum participation by voters of color in the midterm elections of November 2014. As part of our Prepared to Vote campaign, ...
On April 16, 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas (ACLU) brought a lawsuit in Arkansas state court challenging the validity of Arkansas’s new voter photo ID law under the Arkansas Constitution. At the same time, LDF ...
For decades, LDF has advocated for equal educational opportunities. However, too many African American and other students of color and low-income students are being targeted for recruitment by for-profit institutions, encouraged to incur high amounts ...
