LDF Celebrates Judge Robert Wilkins’ Confirmation to D.C. Circuit and Urges Obama Administration to Continue Diversifying Appellate Courts

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Judge Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.    Judge Wilkins is one of ...

Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill Regarding Representing Mumia Abu-Jamal

Debo Adegbile is an excellent choice to be the next Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.  He is eminently qualified. For years, Debo Adegbile has worked tirelessly to defend the American promise of equality for ...

LDF Commends DOJ and DOE’s Acknowledgment That Racial Discrimination in School Discipline is a Serious Issue

Schools Around the Nation Now Have Guiding Principles to Help Improve School Climate and School Discipline Today, for the first time, the United States Departments of Education and Justice jointly released guidance that outlines civil ...

Sherrilyn Ifill writes op-eds on misguided Twitter outrage and Baltimore’s murder rate

In two op-eds this week for TheRoot.com and The Baltimore Sun, Sherrilyn Ifill focuses attention on real outrages — policy choices and structural inequalities that disproportionately impede the growth of black communities around the country. In ...

LDF joins women’s and worker’s groups to defend equal opportunity requirements for federal contractors

Groups’ Amicus Briefs Defend Forty Years of Established Rules Assuring Opportunity for Everyone (Washington, D.C.) Two amicus briefs were filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court challenging ...

LDF mourns the passing of Dr. Kenneth Edelin, women’s rights pioneer

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund mourns the passing of Dr. Ken Edelin, a longtime champion of women’s rights, and a senior board member at LDF. Dr. Edelin joined the board in 1986 and steadfastly promoted LDF’s ...

A civil rights retrospective

2013 has been particularly eventful for those of us working to protect civil rights. LDF has been aggressively involved in safeguarding all Americans’ civil rights — in particular — the right to vote. Read below ...

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