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Sarah Louise McCoy

In 1965, the same year the Voting Rights Act was passed, Sarah Louise McCoy brought a class action law suit on behalf of herself and other African American students against the Louisiana State Board of Education, seeking admission as a student to Northeast Louisiana State College. Northeast Louisiana State College the-president Walker stated at the […]

Sarah Friedmann

Santino Coleman

Santino Coleman serves as Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”). Prior to joining LDF, Santino was a Staff Attorney with the Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois, where he represented people accused of federal crimes. Santino also worked as an attorney in the Capital Habeas Unit […]

Samuel Spital

Samuel “Sam” Spital is Associate Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF). As one of two Associate Directors-Counsel, Sam will work in partnership with LDF’s eighth President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson, Associate Director Counsel Todd A. Cox, and LDF’s senior leadership team to set and execute the strategic direction of the organization’s programmatic and internal […]

Samuel Spital

Samuel Spital is the Director of Litigation & General Counsel at the Legal Defense Fund (LDF). As Director of Litigation, Sam leads LDF’s racial justice litigation docket across the organization’s four historic pillars: education, economic justice, criminal justice, and political participation. Sam also supervises LDF’s appellate litigation in the Supreme Court, federal circuit courts, and […]

Samantha Watson

Ryan Tom

Ryan Tom is a Research and Operations Associate for the NAACP LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute. Prior to joining LDF, he served as a Paralegal for the Federal Defenders of New York. While there, he supported assistant federal public defenders representing indigent clients in the Southern District of New York. During his undergraduate studies, he researched […]

Ryan P. Haygood, Director of LDF’s Political Participation Group, Discusses Today’s Supreme Court Decision to Strike Crucial Section of the Voting Rights Act

Ryan P. Haygood, director of LDF’s Political Participation Group, appeared on Hardball today to discuss the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, which strikes a crucial section of the Voting Rights Act. Mr. Haygood critiqued the Court’s ruling, and called upon Congress to fill the gap in voting rights protection created by today’s decision. […]

Ryan P. Haygood on why Congress will fix the Voting Rights Act this year

“Ryan Haygood, director of LDF’s Political Participation Group, said in an interview with Colorlines.com that he is “very hopeful” about a VRA congressional fix this year. “The Voting Rights Act case is about protecting voters of color, but it’s also about Congress’s powers to legislate,” said Haygood. “[The U.S. Supreme Court]’s decision limited Congress’s constitutional […]

Ryan Haygood Speaks at the 103rd National NAACP Annual Convention on Voting Rights Protection

Ryan Haygood, LDF Director of the Political Participation Group, spoke at the 103rd National NAACP Annual Convention on July 11, 2012 on protecting the voting rights of minorities in upcoming elections. You can see his speech starting at time mark 01:55:47 of the recorded event.