The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) was established in 1940 under the leadership of Thurgood Marshall, who later became the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice. It was created as a separate legal entity focused on civil and human rights advocacy.
Additionally, there are other organizations with the acronym LDF, such as the Lesotho Defence Force, which traces its origins to 1964 when the Police Mobile Unit was formed, eventually becoming the Lesotho Defence Force by 1993.
Another example is the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, India, which was formed around 1979-1980 as a political alliance.
Please specify which LDF is of interest if the focus is not on the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
