Wednesday, May 22, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the passing of former Board member and president of the American Bar Association (ABA) Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, who passed away at the age of 85 on May 20, 2019. Over the course of his inspiring career, D’Alemberte championed the causes of civil and human rights, […]
Thursday, February 28, 2019 | ldf-perspectives
Every year, LDF remembers the historic Selma-to-Montgomery March and continues the national conversation around voting rights. Each March, we pay homage to the 600 unarmed men, women and children who were on the front lines in the fight for voting rights on March 7, 1965 or “Bloody Sunday.” Early in 1965, Martin Luther King Jr.’s […]
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 | news
One year after she was found dead in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas following a traffic stop and arrest by former Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers the life of Sandra Bland and calls for increased transparency and data collection in police encounters. “After […]
Friday, February 27, 2015 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund is deeply saddened by the passing of Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, the former president of Notre Dame University and trusted civil rights advisor to several U.S. presidents. Father Hesburgh died Thursday, February 27th, in South Bend, Indiana at age 97. A renowned champion of civil and human rights, Father […]
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of Linda Brown Thompson who was one of the young students at the heart of LDF’s landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that helped bring an end to racial segregation in America’s public schools. The bravery and resilience […]
Monday, May 13, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of former board member and trailblazing federal Judge Damon J. Keith, who passed away on April 28th at the age of 96. Over the course of his remarkable career, Judge Keith wrote key decisions in cases that spanned the breadth of civil rights, […]
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 | ldf-perspectives
LDF Remembers Jean Fairfax Click here for a pdf of this tribute. Ms. Jean Fairfax, who for twenty years, was widely regarded as one of among the most influential and innovative visionaries on the LDF staff, passed away last week in Phoenix, Arizona. She was 98 years old. Fairfax founded and served as the Director […]
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 | news
LDF mourns the passing of George Barrett, our cherished cooperating attorney in Nashville, Tennessee. At age 86, George was still practicing law at his firm, Barrett, Johnston, Martin & Garrison, at the time of his death. George spent almost 60 years as a lawyer in the Deep South fighting for racial and economic justice. […]
Friday, July 15, 2016 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African-American father, husband and son. Two years ago, New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo placed Mr. Garner in a banned chokehold as he tried to arrest him on suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. Mr. Garner died later at a […]
Friday, July 8, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is profoundly saddened to learn about the passing of Dr. Sonnie Hereford, III, a courageous civil rights pioneer and former LDF client. As a valiant supporter of civil rights in the tumultuous Alabama of the 1960s, Dr. Hereford was the lead plaintiff in LDF’s groundbreaking […]
