Wednesday, May 13, 2020 | news
FOIA Marks Next Step in Series of Actions to Increase Transparency Around Racial Disparities in North Charleston Policing NORTH CHARLESTON – The American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina (ACLU SC) and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information relating to the racial […]
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 | news
Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the South Carolina Legislature’s unnecessary delay in drawing new redistricting maps that respect the constitutional one-person-one-vote principle. The case was brought on behalf of the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP and individual voters, who are represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, […]
Monday, March 14, 2022 | news
CONTACT: Ella Wiley, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ewiley@naacpldf.org NEW ORLEANS — The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Louisiana, Cozen O’Connor, Ron Wilson, and John Adock filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, the Louisiana State Conference of the […]
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), ACLU of Florida, and Community Justice Project filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida challenging a recently enacted state law (H.B. 1) designed to chill Floridians’ First Amendment right to free speech and peaceful assembly in the […]
Thursday, November 15, 2012 | news
Every year, New York City middle-schoolers subject themselves to a grueling academic ritual that could make or break their educational futures, or so they’re told. The 2.5-hour multiple-choice Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) serves as the sole gateway to a suite of elite public schools — particularly Bronx Science, Stuyvesant and Brooklyn Technical. The […]
Friday, April 21, 2017 | news
Read the PDF version of our statement here. Civil Rights Groups File Brief with Florida Supreme Court in Support of State Attorney Ayala’s Opposition to Death Penalty Filing supports State Attorney Ayala’s prosecutorial independence and argues her opposition to death sentencing is well-founded A group of civil rights and civil liberties groups today filed an […]
Monday, February 28, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, Latino Justice PRLDEF, and Ballard Spahr LLP filed an amicus brief on behalf of Black, Latino, and Asian American organizations in support of dismissing Association for Education Fairness v. Montgomery County Board of Education, a lawsuit that seeks to prevent school districts […]
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Groups File Amicus Brief As SCOTUS Scrutinizes Workers’ Rights Washington, D.C., 08.16.17 – To protect the rights of workers, the Impact Fund has teamed up with leading civil rights law firms, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and Cohen Milstein, to file an amicus brief on behalf of more than […]
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of South Carolina, Boroughs Bryant LLC, Arnold & Porter, and General Counsel’s Office of the NAACP filed a second amended complaint, adding claims to challenge the recently enacted congressional map for South Carolina’s seven congressional districts. The congressional map […]
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | news
Civil Rights Groups Demand Supreme Court Vote Delay NAACP Legal Defense Fund, National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP & National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Urge Citizens to Contact Senators A coalition of civil rights groups – including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP, and National Coalition on […]
