Tuesday, August 19, 2014 | news
African American leaders join in promoting a series of recommendations to address the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and to prevent future fatal shootings of unarmed African American teenagers Media Teleconference Tuesday, August 19th, 2 p.m. EST Call in: 866-952-1907 Conference ID: Ferguson– RSVP Encouraged WASHINGTON, D.C., August 19, 2014 — National civil and human […]
Friday, October 5, 2012 | news
I’ve always believed that the sign of a truly educated person is exhibited by their ability to synthesize seemingly unrelated events and come up with a perceptive insight. Allow me to try and add one based on recent events in New York’s education system. Read the full article on the Huffington Post.
Saturday, June 4, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of our former client Muhammad Ali, one of the most powerful, charismatic and inspiring figures of the 20th and 21st centuries. In 1970 LDF represented Mr. Ali in Ali v. Division of State Athletic Comm’n, and the following year in Clay v. […]
Monday, August 13, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Sheila Y. Thomas, who was a member of LDF’s inaugural class of Skadden Fellows. An accomplished attorney who litigated countless employment discrimination cases over her decades-long career, Thomas also worked as a spiritual counselor, viewing religious practice as inseparable from the pursuit […]
Friday, November 13, 2015 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) pays tribute to Jacqueline A. Berrien, an extraordinary and highly accomplished civil rights lawyer, the 14th Chair of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2010-2014), and a beloved member of the LDF family and the broader civil rights community. Early Career Jacqueline Berrien Jacqueline Berrien […]
Friday, August 19, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Harry Briggs Jr. LDF represented the Briggs family in one of the most important fights for justice in our nation’s history: the legal battle over ending racial segregation in public schools. LDF represented Harry Jr.’s parents, Harry Briggs Sr. and Eliza Gamble […]
Monday, August 21, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. A Tribute to George Bundy Smith and E. Richard Larson Update August 24, 2017: A memorial reception for E. Richard Larson will be held on Wednesday, September 6th, from 5:30pm-8:30pm at MALDEF National Headquarters, 634 S. Spring Street – Edison Room, Los Angeles, CA, 90014. The NAACP Legal Defense […]
Friday, July 12, 2019 | news
Earl Cunningham and Oscar Fambro in LDF’s office at 10 Columbus Circle, New York, 1970s The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of Earl Cunningham, one of our longest-serving employees. Mr. Cunningham passed away on July 10, 2019 at the age of 79 at his home in Brooklyn after a […]
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. A Tribute to Dick Gregory The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of our former client and board member Dick Gregory, who was one of the great satirists and civil rights champions of the last century. Gregory, who passed on August 19, 2017, […]
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the loss of former board member and civil rights pioneer Clarence C. Finley, who not only played an instrumental part in integrating the United States military, but also blazed trails in corporate America as the first Black president of a major division of an international […]
