Thursday, July 15, 2010 | news
(New York, NY) – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has moved to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Shelby County, Alabama, which seeks to invalidate the federal preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act known as Section 5. LDF seeks to intervene on behalf of African-American residents of Shelby County whose […]
Monday, June 14, 2010 | case-update
(New York, NY) – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has moved to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Shelby County, Alabama, which seeks to invalidate the federal preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act known as Section 5. LDF seeks to intervene on behalf of African-American residents of Shelby County whose […]
Thursday, June 5, 2025 | news
Today, the Supreme Court released a unanimous opinion in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, an employment discrimination case centered on the legal application of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Court ruled that the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals made an error when applying a heightened evidentiary burden […]
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 […]
Monday, February 2, 2026 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP in filing a state lawsuit in Alameda County, California on behalf of a descendant of Sidney and Iréne Dearing, who were dispossessed of their home when the city pursued a fraudulent condemnation action against them, claiming in court that the city needed to seize the family’s […]
