Janai Nelson
@JNelsonLDF
President and Director-Counsel of LDF (NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.) the nation's first civil and human rights law org. Tweets are my own.
History has demonstrated time and time again that true change comes not from a single election or moment but from sustained work. I invite you to join LDF in these precarious times and fight to protect and advance American democracy and racial justice as we have always done.
Every American revolution has been driven by reckoning, by the need to close the gap between who we claim to be and who we truly are. The founders declared equality while preserving slavery. Today we face yet another moment of necessary transformation. thehill.com/opinion/civil-…
The value of Breonna Taylor’s life cannot be measured by a prison sentence, but, it is important that the vile attempts to devalue her life were rejected. Judge Sentences Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Raid to Nearly 3 Years in Prison nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/… via @NYTimes
Still can’t wrap my mind around this. Malcolm-Jamal Warner was decency personified. A sad reminder that life can be so fragile and fleeting. Sending condolences to all his loved ones. apnews.com/article/malcol…
We mourn the loss of trailblazer, founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and champion of civil rights, Former Rep. William Lacy Clay Sr. msn.com/en-us/news/pol…
Today we remember Nelson Mandela, a leader who opposed apartheid and became a symbol of courage, forgiveness, and hope. Mandela was South Africa's first black president. 'Madiba', as he was affectionately known, is among the great heroes of history. He was born on this day in…
LDF Condemns Justice Department’s Recommendation to Sentence Officer for One Day for Breonna Taylor Killing - naacpldf.org/press-release/…
There’s not enough evil in the world to break us or our ability to see our innate beauty and strength even under the worst of conditions. Justice has a long memory. Breonna Taylor, 2020 Amy Sherald
Supreme Court justice pauses ruling weakening Voting Rights Act washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
Free and fair elections are critical for our democracy. @MSNBC
If it weren’t so serious, I would say that these new tariffs are a joke. There is no strategy here. These are nothing more than illegal new taxes that are making life more expensive for you.
After Trump glibly threatened to unlawfully revoke her birthright citizenship (see why protecting it should matter to all of us!) Rosie O’Donnell delivered a word.
If you are born in the U.S., you are a U.S. citizen – it’s that simple. On @blkagendareport, LDF’s Morenike Fajana & Ashley Burrell break down the Supreme Court's decision threatening to roll back this right – and why it’s a warning sign for our democracy.
Whether true or not, Trump‘s repeated nods to rigging elections are meant to normalize that concept for future elections. We must reject this notion out of hand. There is no humor in the idea of overriding the will of American voters.
Trump on Elon Musk: "He knows those computers better than anybody. All those computers. Those vote-counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide." @atrupar (January 2025)