Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | news
LDF Files Brief Opposing Arkansas’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Redistricting Case Late yesterday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), O’Melveny & Myers LLP, and longtime LDF cooperating attorney Arkie Byrd filed a brief in opposition to the state of Arkansas’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging the way the state’s congressional districts were […]
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and pro bono co-counsel Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (Akin Gump) filed an amended complaint adding new facts to support claims of racial and gender discrimination and violations of the First Amendment in connection with Barbers Hill Independent School District (BHISD)’s hair and […]
Friday, October 24, 2025 | page
LDF 85th Anniversary Artist Collaboration: Derek Fordjour’s “Groundspeed” Celebrate 85 Years of Justice Through Art A limited-edition print by artist Derek Fordjour honors the Legal Defense Fund’s enduring legacy. Art and Justice: A Shared Legacy Since its founding, the Legal Defense Fund has stood at the intersection of law, justice, and culture — championing Black […]
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 | nejad
Justice Equality Democracy The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) held its 32nd Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner, Justice Equality Democracy, on Thursday, November 1st at The Ziegfeld Theater in New York City. In addition to paying tribute to the tremendous work LDF has done in the past year to defend civil […]
Thursday, April 5, 2018 | nejad
New York Hilton Midtown: Grand Ballroom 1335 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 See map: Google Maps LDF 29th Annual National Equal Justice Award Dinner (NEJAD) Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Reception 6:30 p.m. • Dinner & Program 7:30 p.m. Festive Attire New […]
Thursday, July 23, 2015 | news
In a lead up to the 50th Anniversary of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was signed on August 6th by President Lyndon B. Johnson, hundreds gathered at the Smithsonian Museum of American History on Tuesday evening to recognize and reflect on one of America’s most important civil rights achievements. The NAACP Legal […]
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 | news
Today, on behalf of Ronald Chisom, Marie Bookman, and the Urban League of Louisiana, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm Cozen O’Connor, and Louisiana civil rights attorneys, William Quigley, Ronald Wilson, and John Adcock, filed an opposition to Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry’s motion to dissolve the Consent Decree […]
Thursday, October 26, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF & North Charleston Partners Send Letter to City Leadership Demanding Renewed Commitment to Community-Oriented Policing Reforms The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Charleston Area Justice Ministry, the ACLU of South Carolina, The Community Resource Center, and the North Charleston Branch of the NAACP today sent […]
Thursday, October 26, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF & North Charleston Partners Send Letter to City Leadership Demanding Renewed Commitment to Community-Oriented Policing Reforms The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Charleston Area Justice Ministry, the ACLU of South Carolina, the Community Resource Center, and the North Charleston Branch of the NAACP today sent […]
Thursday, November 4, 2010 | ldf-brochures
70 years is a significant amount of time in America’s nearly 400-year continuing struggle for racial justice and equality before the law. In those seven decades, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has helped change the world. Because of LDF, no one can get away with saying that black people—or any people—have […]
