Monday, March 11, 2019 | ldf-events
In 1989, the National Social Action Commission instituted Delta Days in the Nation’s Capital, an annual legislative conference to increase members’ involvement in the national public policy-making process. The annual conference includes legislative briefings, issue forums, and advocacy skills development. Featured speakers include key policymakers, members of the United States Congress, Congressional staff members, and […]
Friday, October 1, 2010 | news
Jennifer Cohen, policy analyst with the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation, and Damon Hewitt, director of the Education Practice Group at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) talk about partisanship and the Obama administration's education policy. Click to listen.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | news
This week, thirty civil and human rights organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to remove all provisions in the pending fiscal year 2024 budget legislation which would prohibit federal agencies from funding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs, programs pertaining to “critical race theory,” and the implementation of racial equity-focused executive […]
Friday, April 20, 2012 | news
Few cases involving the intersection of race, criminal law, and procedure have had the reach and impact of McCleskey v. Kemp, a United States Supreme Court decision decided 25 years ago, on April 22, 1987. This decision set the stage for more than 20 years of dramatically increasing racial disparities within the criminal justice system. […]
Monday, July 25, 2022 | news
Today, 25 Harvard student and alumni organizations, represented by the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard asking the Court to uphold over 40 years of precedent holding that it is legally permissible to consider race as one […]
Friday, August 3, 2018 | news
Twenty-five Harvard student and alumni organizations, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), filed an amicus brief today in a Massachusetts federal court condemning a divisive lawsuit that seeks to eliminate the consideration of race in admissions, thereby threatening diversity at the college. The brief, filed on behalf of 25 organizations representing diverse […]
Thursday, August 16, 2018 | news
Harvard student and alumni organizations, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), are fighting back against an attempt to exclude their voices from being heard by the court considering a lawsuit that seeks to eliminate the consideration of race in Harvard’s admissions and threatens diversity at the college. LDF filed a response on […]
Thursday, August 16, 2018 | news
Harvard student and alumni organizations, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), are fighting back against an attempt to exclude their voices from being heard by the court considering a lawsuit that seeks to eliminate the consideration of race in Harvard’s admissions and threatens diversity at the college. LDF filed a response on […]
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 | page
Book Recommendations As the new year approaches, I hope you will find time to explore and celebrate America’s rich heritage of diversity and the literature that reflects it. As a friend of LDF, I am sharing with you some of my recent favorite reads, which I hope you will share with your family, friends, and […]
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | page
H O N O R E E S Singer, Songwriter & Activist Harry Belafonte is a legendary singer, songwriter and activist. He was the first black performer to win an Emmy Award and the first recording artist to sell over a million copies of a single album with Calypso featuring his hit “Day-O.” One of the most successful […]
