Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | news
Legal Defense Fund Boosts Grants in Law Student Scholarship Program “The boost in dollar amount represents “a big leap forward,” said Joon Bang, [LDF] manager for programs. “We recognize that education costs are rising, and we want to make sure our scholars are on the path to pursue racial justice. We want to support the […]
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Returns to Texas Federal Court to Show Strictest Photo ID Law in the Country Was Enacted with the Intent to Discriminate Against Minorities Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and co-counsel Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale appeared in a federal district court in Corpus […]
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Returns to Appellate Court to Protect Wins Against Texas’ Voter ID Laws The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and co-counsel Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale) will appear in a federal appeals court today to protect successful challenges to Texas’ voter ID […]
Monday, July 13, 2020 | news
On Saturday, an Allentown Police Department (APD) officer was filmed kneeling on a man’s neck after attempting to restrain him. According to law enforcement, the man was physically ill and vomiting outside of a hospital emergency room. The video has been widely circulated and is shockingly similar to the killing of George Floyd, where former […]
Thursday, September 3, 2020 | news
Yesterday evening, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr gave a wide-ranging interview on CNN during which he refused to condemn President Trump’s statements encouraging North Carolina voters to attempt cast two ballots: one by mail and one in-person. Attorney General Barr alleged he did not know specific state laws on voting twice. In the same […]
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 | news
In response to the opioid crisis, the Trump Administration is proposing pursuing the death penalty for those convicted of drug trafficking. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “There are perhaps no two areas in the criminal justice system that are marked by greater racial disparities […]
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 | news
Last night, graphic footage taken by a witness’s cell phone and circulated widely online, showed Alton Sterling, 37, being shot multiple times outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as two police officers pinned him to the ground. Peaceful protests against police brutality and excessive use of force have already begun in Baton Rouge […]
Thursday, May 4, 2023 | news
On May 1, a white former U.S. Marine killed Jordan Neely, an unhoused Black man, using a chokehold while in a New York City public transit car. Today, the city medical examiner ruled Neely’s death a homicide. The Manhattan District Attorney is currently investigating the case. No arrests have been made. In response to this […]
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 | news
Last week, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Petteway v. Galveston County that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act does not permit multiracial coalitions of voters to challenge racially discriminatory redistricting plans. The ruling impacts three southern states – Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. LDF filed an amicus brief in support of the […]
Friday, September 6, 2024 | news
On August 29, a majority of the en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision that allows the state of Louisiana to end the landmark Chisom consent decree over various dissents. The Chisom consent decree ensured Black Louisianans had an opportunity to elect their preferred member to […]
