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Celebrating Black History: Past, Present, and Future

Nothing could be more important to the future of the nation than its full expression of democracy. During Black History Month, we focus on the role LDF has played in the legacy and contributions of African Americans — past, present, and future. As the country’s first and foremost civil and human rights law firm, we have fought […]

Celebrating Black Art: What to Read, Watch and Listen To

CeleBrate Black Art Honoring Black Heritage and Dreaming of Black Futures Books Film and Television Podcasts Music Black communities have always, and will always, shape American culture and history. Celebrating Black history means honoring the ancestors who have paved the way – in government, organizing, advocacy, research, music, film, innovation, and more – time and […]

CELEBRATING 80 YEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCACY

Celebrate the Anniversary of the March on Washington By Continuing Its Work

 Legal Defense Fund Honors the 53rd Anniversary of the March on Washington Fifty-three years ago, on August 28, 1963, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. exhorted the audience of 250,000 people who had gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom never to be satisfied “as long as […]

Cecilia Marshall Tribute

LDF Tribute to Cecilia Marshall 1928 – 2022 The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Cecilia “Cissy” Suyat Marshall on November 22, 2022. Ms. Marshall was the wife of LDF’s founder and the nation’s first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, a former staff member and long-standing LDF board […]

Cecilia L. Marshall

Caucus seeking more majority-black seats in Legislature

BATON ROUGE — Members of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus say they want to expand the number of majority-black seats in the Legislature and Congress, but they will be careful not to weaken existing districts. At an all-day event Thursday at the Southern University Law Center, state and national figures involved in drawing election districts […]

Catherine Logue

Catherine Logue is an Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). She joins LDF from the Legal Aid Society where she worked as a public defender in Bronx, New York, representing indigent clients in trial-level criminal cases. Catherine received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 2019. During law school, […]

Catherine Blalock

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