Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) supports the Equality Act, which would amend civil rights statutes to extend non-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans. Introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) and in the Senate by Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), the Equality […]
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to the Maryland House of Delegates’ Heath and Government Operations Committee offering support for HB 413, which would amend the Maryland Public Information Act to allow public access to information relating to misconduct complaints against public employees – including police officers. As […]
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Offers Support for Key Provisions of Proposed Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017 Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee offering support for several provisions of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017 (SRCA), while also […]
Monday, October 12, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced its objection to the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the United States Supreme Court. A report outlining the organization’s objection to the process undertaken by the President and the Senate […]
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 | news
Richard Rothstein and Phillip Atiba Goff Join LDF’s New Research and Advocacy Hub The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is thrilled to announce today the selection of Richard Rothstein and Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff as Senior Fellows of LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute. Launched in 2015, the Thurgood Marshall Institute […]
Thursday, May 19, 2016 | news
Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced that former United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. will join the organization’s National Board of Directors. Holder was the first African-American Attorney General of the United States, who was appointed by the first African-American president of the United States. Mr. Holder, who […]
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) tapped two leading civil rights attorneys to direct the organization’s robust and expanding litigation practice as threats to the civil and human rights of Black people and other marginalized groups continue to rise. Deuel Ross and Christopher Kemmitt, who have been members of LDF’s litigation team for over a […]
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | case-update
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a motion seeking to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and African-American voters to prevent the State of Florida from implementing discriminatory voting laws.
Thursday, September 1, 2011 | news
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a motion seeking to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and African-American voters to prevent the State of Florida from implementing discriminatory voting laws. In the lawsuit, Florida v. United States, Florida asks a federal court to approve, under […]
Friday, January 7, 2022 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the loss of Professor Lani Guinier, a trailblazing educator and acclaimed scholar, civil rights lawyer, and former LDF attorney who dedicated her prodigious career to making America’s democracy more accessible and representative of the nation’s diversity, as well as producing leading scholarship on how […]
