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MLK Jr. Day speaker: Dismantle ‘school-to-prison pipeline’

On Monday, Monique Lin-Luse, Special Counsel to the Education Group at LDF, spoke at the annual MLK-day memorial luncheon hosted by the Salt Lake City branch of the NAACP. She spoke about the school-to-prison pipeline and barriers to educational equality. MLK Jr. Day speaker: Dismantle ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ The Salt Lake TribuneJanuary 20, 2014  Martin Luther King […]

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Misleading Quinnipiac Poll Obscures Real Problems of Policing in Public Housing

Poll Questions Include Inaccurate Data, Rely on False Premises (New York, NY)–A poll released today by Quinnipiac University relies on inaccurate data and false premises to reach an unsubstantiated conclusion that city voters want the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) to resume vertical patrols of public housing hallways when, in fact, they never stopped. The poll asks: […]

Minnesota Leads the Region in Voting Rights Protection with the Historic Passage of the Minnesota Voting Rights Act (MNRA)

St Paul, Minnesota— Early this morning, the Minnesota Senate passed the Minnesota Voting Rights Act (MNVRA), which provides groundbreaking protection against racial discrimination in voting. This legislation makes Minnesota the first and only state to respond to the 8th Circuit’s opinion which eliminated the private right of action under the federal VRA, and leading other […]

Milligan Plaintiffs Denounce Alabama’s Congressional Map that Violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Supreme Court Order

Plaintiffs respond to the Alabama Legislature passing another congressional map that lacks a second majority-Black district, in direct violation of federal law and the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Legislature today voted to enact a second congressional map that violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The vote comes […]

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWFRO) v. Donald J. Trump, et. al.

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWFRO) v. Donald J. Trump, et. al. Challenging Efforts to Disenfranchise Black Voters and Overturn 2020 Election Results On November 20 2020, LDF filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and three Detroit residents in a lawsuit challenging […]

Michigan Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Lawsuit Challenging Racially Discriminatory Tax Foreclosures in Detroit

Read the PDF verison of our statement Michigan Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Lawsuit ChallengingRacially Discriminatory Tax Foreclosures in Detroit Wayne County’s tax foreclosures disproportionately impact African-American homeowners DETROIT, Mich. – Detroit residents at risk of losing their homes due to tax foreclosure had their stories heard in the Court of Appeals today in a […]

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Michaele Turnage Young

Michaele N. Turnage Young serves as Senior Counsel and Co-Manager of the Equal Protection Initiative at the Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), where she litigates education cases. Ms. Turnage Young serves as lead counsel in Arnold v. Barbers Hill Independent School District, a hair discrimination case wherein the Court enjoined enforcement of a dress code provision […]