Friday, April 6, 2018 | nejad
On Thursday, November 6, 2014, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) hosted its 28th annual National Equal Justice Award Dinner (NEJAD) at the Hilton Midtown Hotel, 1335 Avenue of the Americas at 53rd Street. This year’s dinner culminated a year-long series of events commemorating the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. See event […]
Monday, December 15, 2025 | page
Defend Disrupt Dream LDF 2025 Year in Review 2025 was a year of enormous challenges. And yet we defended. We disrupted. And we dared to dream. As we look at all the work to come in 2026, one thing remains true: We were built for this, then, now, and always. In the courtroom, in the street, and in the […]
Saturday, November 1, 2014 | news
LDF lawyers will be teaming up with local grassroots and legal partners to ensure maximum participation by voters of color in the midterm elections of November 2014. As part of our Prepared to Vote campaign, LDF attorneys will be on the ground on November 4 in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas: states where LDF litigation and advocacy has […]
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 | news
Today, ahead of the November election, U.S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos issued an order providing interim relief to the 600,000 registered voters and 1.2 million eligible voters who lack one of the limited forms of photo identification (ID) that Texas law requires to vote in-person. The relief follows the NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 | case-update
Today, ahead of the November election, U.S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos issued an order providing interim relief to the 600,000 registered voters and 1.2 million eligible voters who lack one of the limited forms of photo identification (ID) that Texas law requires to vote in-person. The relief follows the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, […]
Thursday, October 27, 2016 | news
Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz urged his colleagues to block filling the current Supreme Court vacancy indefinitely, remarking that “[t]here is certainly long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices.” This statement and the Senate’s continued refusal to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Scalia, is dangerous and contrary […]
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 | news
Good afternoon, my name is Carmen Dixon, I am a Community Organizer at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for its Policing Reform Campaign. In early 2015, LDF along with Legal Aid Society settled our federal class action lawsuit, Davis v. City of New York, challenging trespass stops and arrests in NYCHA buildings. For […]
Wednesday, October 26, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has sent a letter to the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee raising “serious concerns about the current tone and rhetoric concerning voter participation on Election Day.” LDF calls on the leaders of the two major political parties “to demonstrate leadership in uniting to push back against efforts […]
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 | page
2023 Year in Review Voting Rights Education Criminal Justice Economic Justice Justice Above All Podcast Leadership A Year of Transformation As 2023 comes to a close and we march forward toward 2024, we reflect on the triumphs and challenges of the past year. In a major victory for voting rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled […]
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), and Upstart, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) lending platform, announced the release of the second report from the independent auditor under its groundbreaking agreement to transparently review the fair lending outcomes of Upstart’s model and assess best practices in the […]
