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Protecting Voting Rights in Alabama
3/06/14
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Haygood Appears on Democracy Now! In Support of Debo Adegbile
3/06/14Source:Democracy NowThis morning, Ryan Haygood appeared on Democracy Now! in support of our colleague Debo Adegbile.
As one of the preeminent civil rights lawyers of his generation, Mr. Adegbile has committed most of his life's work to advancing civil rights in America.
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Senate Fails to Confirm Nominee for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
3/05/14
Statement by Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of LDF
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LDF Urges Changes to Cuyahoga County’s Property Tax Lien Sales System
3/03/14On March 3, 2014, LDF sent a letter to Edward FitzGerald, the County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Jeannet Wright, Acting County Treasurer, and the members of the Cuyahoga County council urging them to make changes to Cuyahoga County’s property tax lien sales system. Tax lien sales are used by many jurisdictions across the country as a means to collect delinquent property taxes, and each jurisdiction applies this system differently. In Cuyahoga County—home to the city of Cleveland—the County Treasurer, at her discretion, selects from a list any number of properties delinque
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LDF Applauds Judge Andre Davis’ Tenure on the Federal Bench
2/28/14The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) congratulated Judge Andre Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit as he steps down from active service today.
Judge Davis is the first and only African American to represent Maryland on the Fourth Circuit, which includes Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Carolinas.