May 18, 2013

NAACP Gets New Legal Defense Fund Director

sherillyn ifill

*The NAACP has classic litigation that it is famous for, but it’s been some time since we’ve seen a landmark case grab their attention. But with a new sheriff in town at the lead, there may be a jump to energize this area of the NAACP and set some fires under politicians to get us [...]




Audrey’s Society Whirl: Twenty-Third Annual NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Gala Raises Nearly $2.4 Million

Judith Byrd (dinner chair), Jerri DeVard (dinner co-chair), Ursula Burns (honoree), Marva Smalls (dinner co-chair)

*The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is ranked as America’s top legal counsel on issues of race.  Through advocacy and litigation, LDF focuses on issues of education, voter protection, economic justice and criminal justice.  The Fund pursues racial justice to move our nation toward a society that fulfills the promise of equality [...]