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By Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Photos: Wikimedia Commons WASHINGTON — Wednesday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Association for the Advancement…
Photos: YouTube Screenshot|Wikimedia Commons The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the loss of Representative David Scott, who served the people of Georgia’s 13th congressional district in the U.S.…
By Legal Defense Fund Photos: YouTube Screenshots In two letters sent to Mark Zuckerberg today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has removed itself from Meta’s external civil rights…
By Legal Defense Fund Photos: Video Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Wednesday applauded Tuesday’s historic, record-setting speech by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), in which he…
By Legal Defense Fund Photos: Afro News\Reuters University\YouTube Screenshots Recently, President Trump illegally terminated two commissioners at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This decision undermines the…
By Legal Defense Fund Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons Today, President Biden commuted the sentences of thousands of people incarcerated under racially disparate sentencing schemes, including those resulting from…
LDF: “Last year’s ruling was a resounding victory for educational equity, and we are confident that the First Circuit Court of Appeals will likewise reaffirm that it is…
LDF's Sherrilyn Ifill: “Breonna Taylor was entitled to be treated as a hero. Instead, her life was taken from her in a killing that warrants the close scrutiny…
"We, the undersigned, have joined together to state our unequivocal and firm opposition to the premature effort of governors to willfully re-open their states. The actions of these…
Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel: "The suspicious circumstances of Mr. Brown’s killing should cause great alarm and demand an immediate and piercing inquiry. We echo Allison Jean’s…
