(Washington, DC) — The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the U.S. Senate’s vote this afternoon to confirm James E. Graves, Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. ...
LDF Joins Mumia Abu-Jamal Defense Team (New York, NY) –On January 28, 2011, Mumia Abu-Jamal retained the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) to represent him in the ongoing appeal of his capital ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Presents Oral Argument in Defense of Section 5 of the VRA (New York, NY) – Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) presented oral argument ...
Fifteen years ago, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit flouted Supreme Court law when it struck down affirmative action at the University of Texas Law School. Last week, in an act ...
Project Vote and NAACP Legal Defense Fund Put Secretary of State Tom Schedler on Notice of Voting Rights Violations BATON ROUGE, LA – Citing clear evidence that numerous low-income Louisiana residents have been denied the ...
(New York) – With the mid-term elections behind us, the nation’s attention is now turned to redistricting which will commence in many places around the country following the release of 2010 Census data. Today the ...
Listen to LDF’s Jin Hee Lee on WBAI’s “Wake Up Call” discussing September 28th’s City Council Hearing on unlawful tresspass enforcement policies in New York City Housing Authority developments. Listen here. (Segment begins at 26:45).
