Thursday, November 12, 2020 | news
Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Massachusetts federal district court’s ruling that Harvard College’s race-conscious admissions program does not violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Filed in November 2014, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard seeks to end the limited consideration of race within a holistic admissions […]
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | page
Fighting for an Inclusive Democracy Texas Voters with Disabilities Share their Stories By Lindsey Norward Senior Staff Writer In San Antonio, Texas, community members and advocates gathered outside of the federal courthouse on October 2, 2023 with emblazoned signs in hand, shouting spirited chants. As a trial was underway inside, echoes of their rallying calls […]
Thursday, April 27, 2023 | page
Fighting Appraisal Bias How the Government and Housing Industry Can Better Address this Discriminatory Practice By David Wheaton Economic Justice Policy Fellow Denver residents Gwen and Lorenzo Mitchell decided to take advantage of soaring property prices and remodel their home back in 2021. Their three-bedroom property sits in a racially-diverse area where homes typically sold […]
Friday, May 6, 2011 | news
Appellate Court mandates further scrutiny of discrimination remedies for African-American and Hispanic school custodians in New York (New York, NY) Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an order requiring a federal trial court to further review an agreement that settled an employment discrimination lawsuit against the New York City Board […]
Friday, May 6, 2011 | case-update
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an order requiring a federal trial court to further review an agreement that settled an employment discrimination lawsuit against the New York City Board of Education (the Board). The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) represents ten African-American and Hispanic public school […]
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | news
George Wallace Fifty years ago this week, Alabama Governor George Wallace defiantly stood in the schoolhouse door at the and refused to admit Vivian Malone and James Hood because of their race. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (LDF) Director-Counsel Jack Greenberg and legendary LDF lawyer Constance Baker Motley represented the two young African American […]
Thursday, August 14, 2025 | news
CONTACT: Ella Wiley, media@aclu.org, 925-819-0555 Troi Barnes, tbarnes@naacpldf.org, 929-736-1528 NEW ORLEANS — In a victory for Black voters and democracy in Louisiana, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed in full the district court’s ruling that the state’s legislative maps violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The court agreed […]
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Fifth Circuit Rejects Louisiana’s Attempt to Prematurely Appeal Voting Rights Decision Today, three judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Louisiana Governor and Attorney General’s attempt to delay a remedy process and prematurely appeal the liability decision against them in an important voting rights case […]
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 | case-update
On June 24, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of LDF’s clients, African-American students in the St. Martin Parish school system. The court affirmed a lower court’s ruling denying the motions of the school board of St. Martin Parish, which claimed the long-standing Louisiana school desegregation case […]
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | news
Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that solidifies the rights of Black voters to have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice to the Louisiana Supreme Court. The ruling ensures that a longstanding Louisiana Supreme Court seat, which was created as a result of a 1992 consent decree and […]
