Fact Sheet: The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is America's principal national civil rights law firm…
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Press Releases, Loose Pages. Fact Sheet: The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is America's principal national civil rights law firm…, 631597de-bd92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/fa3c2230-2d4e-446b-b0ec-d18ee102313b/fact-sheet-the-naacp-legal-defense-educational-fund-inc-ldf-is-americas-principal-national-civil-rights-law-firm. Accessed November 23, 2025.
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ia NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC
egal efense E. 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 (212) 586-8397
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc, (LDF) is
America's principal national civil rights law firm. LDF
uses the American system of laws to defend the legal and
constitutional rights of Blacks, other racial minorities,
and women in the Courts. Many of our cases have been re-
solved in the United States Supreme Court, creating impor-
tant new principles.
Now in our 42nd year, LDF attorneys have won hundreds of
court decisions, a significant number on behalf of govern-
ment employees, and cases to:
-desegregate public education
-gain equal access to employment, housing, voting rights,
and health care
“secure even-handed treatment in the administration of
criminal justice
LDF also administers two national scholarship and fellow-
ship aid programs:
-Herbert Lehman Education Fund--primarily for undergraduate
students choosing to attend southern colleges
-Earl Warren Legal Training Program--for black law students
-Law Student Internships--offered throughout the school year
and summers :
Contributions are deduetible for U.S. income tax purposes
‘The NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND is not part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People although it
was founded by it and shares its commitment to equal rights. LDF has had for over 25 years a separate Board, program, staff, office and budget.