Saturday, October 27, 2018 | news
LDF Statement on Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to reports of multiple casualties Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA: “The Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh has been victimized by the most terrible […]
Sunday, June 12, 2016 | news
Last night’s mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida is tragic and devastating. We stand with the families and the loved ones of those who lost their lives and with our allies in the LGBTQ movement as they mourn this tragedy. As we learn more over the coming days, the one thing that is […]
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | news
Today, the United States Senate voted to acquit President Trump of both impeachment charges against him. This is a grave and serious moment for our country. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is deeply concerned about the long-lasting ramifications that this Senate’s decision will have on electoral integrity in the United States. […]
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 | news
Lisa Cylar Barrett, the Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding today’s Senate vote blocking the motion to proceed on the JUSTICE Act: “We applaud today’s Senate vote blocking a motion to proceed with consideration of S. 3985, the Just and Unifying Solutions to […]
Thursday, June 25, 2020 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding today’s vote in the United States House of Representatives to advance H.R.7120, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020: “We commend the House of Representatives for passing the Justice in Policing Act. In […]
Thursday, January 21, 2016 | news
School Segregation Remains Problem in Many Schools Nationwide The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is pleased to announce that a federal district court in Louisiana has approved a school desegregation plan involving the St. Martin Parish school system in south-central Louisiana. In recent months, LDF and local counsel, Gideon T. Carter, III, in partnership […]
Thursday, August 6, 2015 | news
(New York, NY) – The right to vote is at the core of our democratic values. Fifty years ago today, our nation took a historic step forward to increase the right to vote by establishing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. “The Voting Rights Act embodies the strongest commitment to our democratic principles. Its enforcement […]
Saturday, August 12, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Violent White Supremacist Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia Today, heavily-armed white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia for a “Unite the Right” rally, which quickly turned violent and caused Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel […]
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | news
(Washington, DC) – The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (LDF) deplores today’s shocking video showing a police officer violently assaulting and removing a student from a public school classroom in Columbia, South Carolina. While more details emerge about this troubling video, what is clear is that it shows a disturbing and violent interaction between […]
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Decision Not to Charge NYPD Officers for Killing Mohamed Bah Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that federal charges will not be filed against New York Police Officers Edwin Mateo, Andrew Kress, and Michael Green for the September 2012 shooting […]
