Wednesday, November 4, 2020 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s premature declaration of victory: “President Trump’s decision to declare victory and spread misinformation as votes continue to be counted in this election is an outrageous act of voter suppression. LDF unreservedly rejects this […]
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | news
Today marks the fifty-seventh anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, a case litigated by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) and considered one of the most important in the nation’s history. Many Americans understand that the Brown decision was no simple feat, but instead the culmination […]
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | page
There Then, Here Now: Reflecting on the Voting Rights Landscape a Decade After Shelby County v. Holder Four LDF Attorneys Share Their Perspectives on the Case’s Impact and the Way Forward By Ella Wiley Senior Communications Associate On June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court disarmed the most effective provision in the Voting Rights Act […]
Thursday, June 27, 2024 | news
Today, the Supreme Court has ruled that it prematurely granted review of Moyle v. United States and United States v. Idaho, a case involving whether an Idaho law trumps the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act’s (EMTALA) long-standing requirements to provide critical abortion care to patients suffering emergency pregnancy complications. The Court’s opinion did not […]
Friday, August 29, 2025 | news
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall and devastated the Gulf Coast of the United States. Over 1,000 people lost their lives during Hurricane Katrina, and nearly 1.5 million were displaced. In New Orleans, where Black residents made up the majority of the population at the time, and coastal towns in Mississippi, recovery efforts revealed […]
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 | news
This week marked the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (CRA). The CRA, signed into law on July 2, 1964, by President Lyndon Johnson, enacted key protections to forbid discrimination and promote equality for all. Among other transformational provisions, the landmark civil rights legislation prohibited discrimination on the basis […]
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 | news
NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations (OSF) announced today it is awarding a $15 million grant to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. (LDF) the nation’s first and foremost civil and human rights, law organization, in recognition of the vital role civil rights lawyers play in securing, defending, and protecting democracy. The grant will […]
Friday, April 4, 2025 | news
Today, the U.S. Department of Education sent letters to K-12 state education agencies threatening to withhold federal funding from public schools unless they verify that they comply with their incorrect interpretation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. This most recent announcement, which follows the […]
Friday, April 4, 2025 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) reached a settlement in Housing Opportunities Made Equal Inc. (HOME) v. Avant Realty – a lawsuit born out of HOME’s investigation into the company’s real estate practices. The lawsuit and settlement come after HOME alleged Avant Realty limited housing opportunities for Black residents of Buffalo, New York through racial […]
Friday, June 25, 2021 | news
Plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), co-counsel Covington & Burling, LLP and veteran civil rights lawyer, Geraldine Sumter of Ferguson Chambers & Sumter, P.A. have reached a settlement in Allen v. Graham. This lawsuit was filed on behalf of marchers and prospective voters who were pepper sprayed by law […]
