NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. | 34,002 followers on LinkedIn. America's premier legal organization fighting for racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and public education. | LDF is the nation’s first and foremost civil and human rights law organization. Since its founding under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall in 1940, LDF has been committed to transforming this nation’s promise of racial equity and justice into reality for all Americans. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans.