Thursday, March 21, 2024 | staff
Natalie Thigpen joined LDF in December 2023 as the Chief Communications and Marketing Officer. As an accomplished communications and marketing professional with 20+ years of experience, Natalie has a deep understanding of how critical it is to continuously deploy and evolve best-in-class programs and tactics to drive the success of an organization. In previous roles […]
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 | case-issue
Case: Political Participation Nairne v. Landry* Fighting for fair state legislative maps and representation in Louisiana. Filed: March 2022Decision Issued: Aug. 14, 2025 *Formerly known as Nairne v. Ardoin. What’s at stake? Filed in March 2022, Nairne v. Landry challenged Louisiana’s House and Senate legislative maps that severely dilute the voting strength of Black voters. […]
Monday, May 18, 2015 | news
Applications are being accepted for a new, prestigious, competitive law school scholarship, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) announced today. LDF revamped its Earl Warren Scholarship to target law students pursuing a career in racial justice and civil rights and increased the three-year scholarship amount from $9,000 to $30,000. LDF also announced changes […]
Friday, November 6, 2020 | ldf-perspectives
On December 17 2021, LDF and Public Citizen announced a settlement in the historic case NAACP v. United States Postal Service. Filed in August 2020, it challenged USPS delivery delays and inadequate measures to ensure timely delivery of mail-in ballots for the November 2020 election. Our suit resulted in USPS implementing court-ordered “extraordinary measures” for […]
Monday, December 7, 2020 | case-issue
On August 20 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Public Citizen filed a lawsuit on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) against the United States Postal Service (USPS). Our suit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that recent changes by […]
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and other civil rights groups filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court opposing a request from the State of Texas that the Court take up, at this time, Texas’ ongoing efforts to implement its discriminatory voting scheme. “There is no need at this time for the Supreme Court […]
Thursday, October 29, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the National Urban League (NUL), and the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” on the grounds that it violates the guarantees of Free Speech, Equal Protection, and Due Process – […]
Thursday, September 27, 2012 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), LatinoJustice PRLDEF and The Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College filed a federal civil rights complaint on behalf of a broad coalition of New York education, civil rights and social justice organizations challenging the admissions process at New York City’s elite public “Specialized High […]
Thursday, November 29, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to voice concern over reports that some Senate leaders are considering reducing the number of members on the Senate Judiciary Committee for the incoming Congress. The letter expresses apprehension that […]
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | case-update
ayette County, Georgia—Today, in an important voting case, a federal court struck down, as violative of the Voting Rights Act, Fayette County’s discriminatory at-large method of electing members to the County Board of Commissioners and County Board of Education. In the case, Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Fayette County Board of Commissioners, […]
