Friday, December 28, 2018 | ldf-at-work
Monday, November 14, 2022 | news
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Women’s Law Center, People For the American Way, Alliance for Justice, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and more than 200 organizations joined together last week to send a letter to the Senate Democratic Caucus emphasizing the urgent need to continue confirming experientially and demographically […]
Friday, July 8, 2022 | news
Today, in an unprecedented move, leaders of eight legacy civil rights organizations have joined together with leaders of national reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations to request a meeting with President Biden, following his Executive Order, to discuss implementation, and the overwhelming impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the […]
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 | ldf-events
On February 19, 2019, The Thurgood Marshall Institute (Institute) at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) hosted its third and final series of events commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the 14th Amendment in Atlanta, Georgia. The day began with an afternoon panel in partnership with Emory University School of Law entitled, “The Future of […]
Thursday, December 22, 2011 | case-update
Last week, a panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed itself to reinstate a jury’s finding that John Hithon, an African-American worker at a Tyson Foods plant in Gadsden, Alabama, was discriminated against by his employer. This case began in 1996 when, Hithon’s supervisor twice passed him over for a promotion and instead hired […]
Friday, February 17, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. 100,000 National Guard Troops Would Turn Our Country into a Police StateNCLR and NAACP Legal Defense Fund condemn reported plan to arrest undocumented immigrants across multiple states WASHINGTON, DC—NCLR (National Council of La Raza) and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund agree that deploying massive military force to round up […]
Monday, December 19, 2016 | news
From the moment he began assembling his administration, president-elect Donald Trump has confirmed the worst fears of the 75 percent of the electorate who did not vote for him. He has eschewed a team of rivals in favor of prospective nominees who carry the stains of inexperience and insouciance regarding issues that matter most to […]
Monday, December 28, 2020 | news
This year, as LDF entered its 80th year of commitment to racial justice and civil and human rights, we faced one of the most unpredictable and challenging years in our nation’s history. A year that began with LDF challenging the Trump Administration over its Muslim Ban and Law Enforcement Commission ended with suing President Trump […]
Monday, November 23, 2020 | page
In March of 2020, Breonna Taylor was killed in her home by four Louisville Metro police officers. Six months later, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that the officers would not be indicted on any charges related to her death. The only charges filed were for wanton endangerment for shooting into a neighboring apartment. This […]
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 | news
More than one year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an essential provision of the Voting Rights Act, Americans across the country are standing up for the right to vote and calling on Congress to protect voters from discrimination. The Voting Rights Act is widely regarded as one of the greatest pieces of civil […]
