Thursday, August 2, 2012 | news
On July 12, 2012, the United States District Court of the Western District of Louisiana ruled in favor of LDF’s clients in Thomas v. St. Martin Parish School Board, denying the school board’s motions to dismiss this long-standing Louisiana school desegregation case. The ruling came after the St. Martin Parish School Board offered an unorthodox […]
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 | news
Urges Arkansas to Expand Opportunities for Voters to Obtain Photo IDs In a May 5, 2014 letter to Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin and county clerks across Arkansas, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) expressed grave concerns over how the haphazard way in which state and county officials have implemented the new voter photo […]
Monday, September 23, 2024 | news
LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson has sent a letter to Missouri’s Governor Parson, urging him to stop the execution of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams scheduled for September 24, 2024. Last month, the Circuit Court of St. Louis County entered a consent judgment accepting the Alford plea of Mr. Williams and sentencing Mr. Williams to life […]
Monday, September 23, 2024 | post
LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson has sent a letter to Missouri’s Governor Parson, urging him to stop the execution of Marcellus “Khalifah” Williams scheduled for September 24, 2024. Last month, the Circuit Court of St. Louis County entered a consent judgment accepting the Alford plea of Mr. Williams and sentencing Mr. Williams to life […]
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | news
By: MSNBC Source: ‘Everyday Racism in America’: Real stories of racial bias On May 29th, 8,000 Starbucks stores across the country closed for anti-bias training following the arrest of two black men. The same day, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund President and Director-Counsel, Sherrilyn Ifill, joined a town hall hosted by Joy Reid and Chris […]
Monday, July 8, 2013 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President & Director Counsel of the NAACP LDF, appeared on Melissa Harris-Perry’s show on MSNBC to discuss the current fight for voting rights, particularly following the Supreme Court ruling on the VRA in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. Ifill, along with fellow panelists, Marc Morial, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Shirley Sherrod, explains […]
Monday, July 15, 2013 | news
Listen to LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill discuss the Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin. The conversation concerns racial profiling and the need for Americans to grapple seriously with issues of race.
Saturday, August 26, 2023 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) joined hosts National Action Network and Drum Major Institute at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued this statement in commemoration of the march and as a call […]
Friday, October 28, 2022 | news
“You don’t judge a man by his stumble, you judge him by his stride.” – Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the passing of Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, Senior Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, historically known as the largest black church in New York City and […]
Monday, June 5, 2017 | news
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill to Receive Harvard Law Award Washington, D.C. – At a ceremony this evening at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Sherrilyn Ifill, the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), will receive an Award for Professional Excellence from Harvard […]
