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"The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is simply the best civil rights law firm in American history." -- President Obama

Video: Powerful Words from Sherrilyn Ifill on What Comes Next

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Sherrilyn Ifill on the Presidential Election

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Janai Nelson on AM Joy: "We Must Remain Oppositional and Outraged."

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Christina Swarns in NYT: Dylann Roof Shouldn't Get Death Penalty

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Supreme Court Confronts Racial Impact of Predatory Loans

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November 12, 2016
Janai Nelson on AM Joy: "We Must Remain Oppositional and Outraged."
November 10, 2016
Video: Powerful Words from Sherrilyn Ifill on What Comes Next
November 9, 2016
Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. on the Presidential Election
November 8, 2016
NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill: Election Day Demonstrates Need to Restore Voting Rights Act
November 7, 2016
Christina Swarns in the New York Times: Dylann Roof Shouldn't Get The Death Penalty
November 3, 2016
Ajmel Quereshi in ACSblog: Democracy Means Having Opportunity to Seek Relief For Illegal, Predatory Practices
November 3, 2016
LDF Celebrates The Power of Now at its 30th Annual National Equal Justice Awards Dinner
November 2, 2016
Joint Statement of Civil Rights Groups on the Murder Trial of Former Officer Michael Slager and Systemic Policing Problems in North Charleston, SC
November 2, 2016
LDF: Join us for Policing in Public Housing Community Forum, November 17th in Brooklyn
November 1, 2016
LDF to Alabama Secretary of State: Ensure All Election Day Personnel Familiar With Voter Protection Laws
November 1, 2016
Leah Aden in ABA Journal: Voters Without Acceptable Photo ID Have Options in Texas
October 31, 2016
North Charleston in Focus
October 30, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill on PoliticsNation: You Have a Better Chance of Being Struck By Lightning Than Encountering In-Person Voter Fraud
October 27, 2016
LDF: Senator Cruz’s Call for Supreme Court Obstruction Dangerous to Democracy
October 27, 2016
Leah Aden in Reuters: There are Still Too Many Places Where Voting is Going to be Difficult and Confusing, Not Easy and Straightforward
October 27, 2016
Leah Aden in The Intercept: Voter Intimidation Has Gone Hand in Hand with Growing Political Participation of Minorities
October 26, 2016
LDF: DNC and RNC Must Pledge to Enact Measures to Ensure Every Voter Able to Participate Equally and Freely

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