Thursday, March 19, 2020 | page
New york city The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is turning 80 – That’s 80 years of speaking truth to power, fighting for our fundamental freedoms, and demanding justice for all. join us as we celebrate all we’ve accomplished together. honoree LDF is honored to present its inaugural Icon Award to Stevie Wonder, Grammy, Academy Award, Golden […]
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 | page
2022 Year in Review Education Voting Rights Criminal Justice Bodily Autonomy Podcast Leadership A Year of Transformation As 2022 comes to a close and we march forward into 2023, we look back on the challenges and triumphs of the past 12 months. 2022 was a year of transformation for LDF as we welcomed a new […]
Monday, October 7, 2024 | news
Independent Monitor Report Shows Only 59% of Stops Were Accurately Reported in 2023 (NEW YORK, NY) – The Legal Aid Society and the Legal Defense Fund today condemned the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for their failure to properly adhere to a Court Order requiring officers to complete a stop report form after every […]
Saturday, September 20, 2025 | news
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 of Charlie Kirk, the organizations remind Congress and all Americans of the nation’s history of racial and political violence and […]
Monday, January 26, 2026 | news
The leaders of the nation’s legacy civil rights organizations issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement: We condemn the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis as the latest in a mounting toll of deaths tied to immigration enforcement operations, including the killing of […]
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 | news
The Road Home travails of Edward Randolph and Almarie Ford illustrate why government officials need to find additional ways to help homeowners wronged by the program. The two eastern New Orleans homeowners were among the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit alleging discrimination in the Road Home’s formula that paid applicants based on a home’s pre-storm […]
Thursday, January 13, 2011 | news
When Kemba Smith Pradia spoke this fall to a gathering of students at South Carolina State University, her candid talk about violence against women and the campus “hype” over drugs, sex and money resonated with students and faculty alike. “By having enough courage to stand up and share her story, she empowered a lot of […]
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 | page
Learn more about the landmark Supreme Court decision that opened the doors for equal education in America. Learn more about the Brown v. Board of Education landmark case Research educational documents from the case at the National Archives Significant Moments in Brown v Board of Education 1935 Pearson v. Murray: After the University of Maryland Law School denied admission to Thurgood […]
Thursday, January 18, 2024 | staff
Leah Wong joins the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) as an Attorney in 2023, where she focuses on defending and advancing voting rights and racial justice through an integrated advocacy approach of litigation, community organizing, and policy advocacy. She previously worked as a Deputy Associate Counsel in the Biden-Harris Administration, where she […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Leah C. Aden currently serves as Senior Counsel at LDF. Leah previously served as a Deputy Director of Litigation at LDF from October 2018 to May 2023, assisting in the planning, strategy, and supervision of LDF’s voting rights work addressing vote denial and vote dilution schemes. During the post-2020 Census redistricting cycle — the first in decades […]
