The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) joined a broad coalition of civil society organizations in signing on to a joint letter condemning the Trump administration’s actions following reports of a Department of Justice criminal investigation into ...
Honoring James E. “Fergie” Ferguson II 1942-2025 James Ferguson (Source: LDF Archives) The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) deeply mourns the loss of James E. “Fergie” Ferguson II, the legendary and pioneering civil rights champion whose ...
On Sept. 25, LDF submitted testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety regarding the Civilian Control Review Board’s (CCRB) Racial Profiling and Bias-Based Policing Investigations Unit and the failures of the ...
LDF and 151 national, state, and local organizations sent a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership urging them to protect the civil rights of Washington, D.C. residents, and the ability of D.C. to self-govern, ...
Read a PDF of our statement here. A recent New York Times article reports that civil rights attorneys at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed a whistleblower complaint stating that the ...
Read a PDF of our statement here. A coalition of leading civil rights organizations issued the following statement in response to recent developments, including the passage of House Resolution 719. While roundly condemning the murder ...
Read a PDF of our statement here. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the passing of Agnes Gund, a devoted philanthropist whose enduring commitment to racial and social justice left a lasting ...
