Wednesday, January 24, 2024 | page
Equal Protection Initiative Economic Justice Education Policy and Litigation LDF’s Equal Protection Initiative (EPI) is aimed at fully realizing the U.S. Constitution’s promise of equal protection under law by safeguarding, expanding, and deepening efforts to remove and remediate barriers to opportunity for Black people in the economy, our educational systems, and other areas through race-conscious […]
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 | news
EPA SLAMS DOOR TO JUSTICE ON HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITY Despite Significant Evidence, EPA Closes Civil Rights Complaint Against Alabama Environmental Agency Today, leaders of a historic Black community in Tallassee, Alabama denounced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for closing a civil rights complaint filed in 2017 against the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) in […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
Using litigation and advocacy, LDF has fought over its 76-year history for the right of Black Americans to have access to clean air, water, land, public transportation, and other human necessities. For example, LDF has litigated several environmental justice cases, including: Clean Air Alternative Coalition v. U.S. Dept. of Transportation; Mothers of East Los Angeles v. California […]
Friday, April 27, 2018 | issue-report
Monday, October 15, 2018 | fact-sheets
Friday, November 7, 2014 | news
Op-ed co-authored by Ben Jealous and Ryan Haygood portend challenges to voting access in 2016…. For far too many Americans, voting became more difficult or, in some cases, impossible in 2014. In Texas, Imani Clark, a Black state college student and client of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in the lawsuit that declared Texas’s strict voter ID law […]
Friday, June 2, 2017 | news
Since September 11, 2001, the unlawful profiling of airline passengers on the basis of race or religion has become disturbingly common. Passengers have been removed from flights for, among other reasons, speaking Arabic, completing a math equation, or “staring at” a flight attendant. In each case, police and airline officials eventually concluded that the individuals […]
Friday, July 30, 2021 | page
End Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity prevents law enforcement from being held personally accountable for violating people’s rights. It allows law enforcement to cross legal lines they know they should not, while dehumanizing members of our communities. Ending qualified immunity means that law enforcement officers who break the law can be held personally accountable, and victims […]
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | page
Home Ways to Give Employer Matching Gifts Employer Matching Gifts A Commitment to the Future of LDF Through Our Employer Match Program Donate Now Give Monthly Multiply your impact with employer matching gifts. Many companies match donations made by their employees, allowing you to double or even triple your support for the Legal Defense Fund […]
Wednesday, August 14, 2019 | page
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