Monday, March 14, 2022 | director-counsels
Janai S. Nelson is President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice and equality. LDF was founded in 1940 by legendary civil rights lawyer and the nation’s first Black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, and became a separate organization from the NAACP in […]
Friday, August 24, 2018 | donor-testi
George Wallerstein began supporting LDF’s work during the civil rights movement in the early 1960’s. “It was apparent even then,” he says, “that the effort to expand civil rights in the United States would be a long job”. LDF is still working to defend the gains made at that time and endeavoring to build on […]
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 | staff
Christina Das is an Attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), where she works to advance and defend voting rights and racial equity through legislation and policy change. Christina’s experience includes executing strategic campaigns to expand voter access for Black people, such as passing in-person Early Voting in South Carolina in […]
Friday, August 24, 2018 | donor-testi
George Wallerstein began supporting LDF’s work during the civil rights movement in the early 1960’s. “It was apparent even then,” he says, “that the effort to expand civil rights in the United States would be a long job”. LDF is still working to defend the gains made at that time and endeavoring to build on […]
Friday, August 24, 2018 | donor-testi
George Wallerstein began supporting LDF’s work during the civil rights movement in the early 1960’s. “It was apparent even then,” he says, “that the effort to expand civil rights in the United States would be a long job”. LDF is still working to defend the gains made at that time and endeavoring to build on […]
Friday, August 24, 2018 | donor-testi
George Wallerstein began supporting LDF’s work during the civil rights movement in the early 1960’s. “It was apparent even then,” he says, “that the effort to expand civil rights in the United States would be a long job”. LDF is still working to defend the gains made at that time and endeavoring to build on […]
Monday, May 21, 2018 | donor-testi
George Wallerstein began supporting LDF’s work during the civil rights movement in the early 1960’s. “It was apparent even then,” he says, “that the effort to expand civil rights in the United States would be a long job”. LDF is still working to defend the gains made at that time and endeavoring to build on […]
Friday, October 19, 2018 | staff
Will Searcy is the Research and Operations Associate for the Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF. Prior to joining LDF, he served in a variety of roles at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, including Program Manager, Interim Director of the Black Talent Initiative, and Public Policy Fellow focused on criminal justice reform. A […]
Monday, October 12, 2020 | page
Read the full Report on Judge Amy Coney Barrett A Supreme Court confirmation process would be illegitimate regardless of the nominee and regardless of the president. But the nomination of Judge Barrett to the nation’s highest court raises additional concerns. In the past four years, President Trump has appointed more than 200 federal judges, many […]
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 | news
Today, a coalition of civil rights organizations sent a letter to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chairman Senator Sherrod Brown and Ranking Member Senator Patrick Toomey expressing support for the nomination of Dr. Lisa D. Cook to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Dr. Cook is eminently qualified. She is […]
Monday, March 4, 2019 | page
A Revealing Experiment Brown v. Board and “The Doll Test” Learn More About Brown v. Board Doctors Kenneth and Mamie Clark and “The Doll Test” In the 1940s, psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark designed and conducted a series of experiments known colloquially as “the doll tests” to study the psychological effects of segregation on African-American […]
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 | news
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Board member Charles Renfrew died on December 14, 2017. Renfrew was a former federal judge and Deputy Attorney General of the United States, as well as a highly regarded corporate in-house and private practice attorney. “Judge Renfrew was an extraordinary advocate for justice and equality,” said […]
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 | page
introduction The Legal Defense Fund’s mission has always been transformative: to achieve racial justice, equality, and an inclusive society. The new political landscape and retrenchment in key areas of civil rights pose unprecedented threats to the hard-won gains of the last half-century. From new assaults on voting rights to a renewed push to undermine equal […]
Friday, October 25, 2013 | news
Two national organizations have joined forces to help Black families in crisis after creditworthiness standards were abruptly changed for the Parent PLUS Loan program, which provides federal financial aid to college students. NAACP Legal Defense Fund is leveraging endowed scholarship funds to provide relief to families who were among 40,000 Parent PLUS applicants who were […]
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 | news
“As I take the measure of my life and experience, it is, at a personal level, a story of struggle and triumph. With the support of family and community, I overcame the limits of racial exclusion, discrimination, and poverty to become a leading civil rights lawyer and ultimately a federal judge. Brown v. Board sits […]
