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 ...

LDF Applauds President Obama’s Decision to Commute Inflated Drug Sentences

Statement from Sherrilyn A. Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. applauds President Obama’s decision today to commute the sentences of eight people currently ...

Agreement Reached to Move Forward Important Work to Reduce Racial, Ethnic and Economic Isolation of Hartford School Children

HARTFORD – The Center for Children’s Advocacy, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., (LDF) and attorney Wesley Horton today signed another one year agreement with the Connecticut ...

LDF Applauds Senate Confirmation of Nina Pillard to D.C. Circuit Court

The following is a statement from LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, Sherrilyn Ifill: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., is thrilled by today’s Senate’s vote to confirm Cornelia “Nina” Pillard to the U.S. Court of ...

LDF Honors the Life and Legacy of Icon and Revered Statesman Nelson Mandela

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. humbly honors the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa, and a leader in the struggle against racial oppression and apartheid. ...

Federal Appeals Court to Hear Oral Argument in an Appeal From a Ruling that Louisiana Violated National Voter Registration Act

On Tuesday, December 3, Natasha Korgaonkar, assistant counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Political Participation Group, and Sarah Brannon, attorney for co-counsel Project Vote, will present oral argument before a three-judge panel of the Fifth ...

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