The Legal Defense Fund (NAACP LDF) is a civil and human rights legal organization focused on advancing racial justice and equality for Black people in America through litigation, policy advocacy, research, and public education.
Civil rights and racial justice, including voting rights, education equity, criminal justice reform, economic justice, and protection against discrimination
Primarily supported by charitable donations and grants
Historically founded under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall; originally associated with the NAACP but separate from it since 1957
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
