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Current and Former LDF President and Directors-Counsel Issue Joint Statement Calling for the Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court

On Monday, April 4, the 54th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Once it is voted out of Committee, the full Senate will then vote on her […]

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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. 2021 ANNUAL CIVIL RIGHTS TRAINING INSTITUTE Download the Full Schedule Power on the Line(s): Redistricting for the Next Generation Leah Aden – Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4 Michael Li – Vol. 1 Terry Ao Minnis – Vol. 1 Nina Perales – Vol. 1, Vol. 2, […]

Critical Race Theory, Anti-racism Education and Racial Equity Practices are Wholly Consistent with Federal and State Equal Protections Urge Civil Rights Groups

(Washington, D.C.) — Prohibiting critical race theory and anti-racism education in Texas schools would suppress educational efforts that are critically needed to confront and address racism and discrimination, according to a letter brief sent Thursday to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP Legal Defense and […]

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Criminal Records: A Modern Day Scarlet Letter

Over the last several decades, the number of Americans who have contact with the criminal justice system has increased at an alarming rate.  While in 1980 the number of people incarcerated in America was about 500,000, by 2008 it had more than quadrupled to 2.3 million.  The United States now incarcerates more people than any […]

Criminal Justice Organizations Urge U.S. Senators to Vote “No” on Cooper Davis Act

LDF and a coalition of criminal justice organizations sent a letter to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin and Ranking Member Lindsey Graham urging Committee members to vote “no” on S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act. The bill would require private messaging services, social media companies, and cloud providers to report users and suspected […]

Criminal Justice

The Legal Defense Fund has always worked to ensure that our nation’s criminal justice laws are administered fairly and without regard to race. LDF’s criminal justice practice uses litigation, advocacy, and public education to eliminate racial bias in our criminal justice system.

COVID-19 Vaccinations in Alabama: Protecting and Perpetuating a Racial Divide

COVID-19 Vaccinations In Alabama: Protecting and Perpetuating a Racial Divide  April 2, 2021 Black residents in Alabama have the highest rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the state but the lowest vaccination rates. White residents are overrepresented among Alabamians receiving the COVID-19 vaccinations, while Black residents are underrepresented. In Alabama, state and local administration […]

COVID-19 in Arkansas State Prisons

Frazier v. Kelley:LDF Files Complaint against Arkansas Officials Allowing COVID-19 to Decimate Prisons The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), ACLU of Arkansas, Disability Rights Arkansas, and law firm Squire Patton Boggs filed an emergency complaint against Governor Asa Hutchinson over outbreaks of COVID-19 within Arkansas’ state prisons, which disproportionately incarcerate Black individuals. […]