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9th Circuit Court of Appeals Leaves Discriminatory Disfranchisement Law in Place

Last evening, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision in Farrakhan v. Gregoire that leaves a racially discriminatory disfranchisement law in place. LDF argued before the court in September on behalf of African-American, Latino, and Native American plaintiffs who had been denied the right to vote under Washington State’s law, which bars those […]

64th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

In 2018, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education turned 64. Brown invalidated racial segregation in public schools throughout the United States and paved the way for integration in nearly every aspect of American life. The case was litigated by some of the nation’s best attorneys, including Thurgood Marshall, Robert Carter, […]

60 Years of Freedom Summer: Legacies and Lessons from the Trailblazing Voting Rights Project

60 Years of Freedom Summer Legacies and Lessons from the Trailblazing Voting Rights Project By Gianna Baez Social Media Strategist It’s 1963 in Mississippi. Black people are paying poll taxes, taking literacy tests, losing their jobs, and facing threats and violence — all for trying to exercise their constitutional right to vote. To make matters […]

60 Civil Rights Groups Urge DeVos to Select an Assistant Secretary who will Protect Civil Rights of All Students

60 Civil Rights Groups Urge DeVos to Select an Assistant Secretary who will Protect Civil Rights of All Students Read the PDF of our statement here. WASHINGTON – Today, 60 civil rights groups sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos emphasizing the importance of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil […]

5th Circuit Preserves Higher ED Opportunity Victory

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rebuffed a request to reconsider its prior ruling upholding the constitutionality of the admissions program utilized by the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to assemble a diverse student body.   Read full case update.

5th Circuit Court of Appeals Preserves UT Austin Admissions Program

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rebuffed a request to reconsider its prior ruling upholding the constitutionality of the admissions program utilized by the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to assemble a diverse student body.  Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin is the first federal appellate challenge to […]

54th Anniversary of Selma March

50th Anniversay of March on Washington

On August 24th, LDF will join Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom!   Why should you come?   –         Help honor Trayvon Martin’s memory   –         America still sentences people to die for being Black   –         Stop & Frisk humiliates people […]

50 Years Since Integration At The University Of Georgia

Fifty years ago, today, two African American students walked onto the campus of the University of Georgia in Atlanta, effectively integrating the school. One of them was Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Host Michel Martin speaks with the award-winning journalist and with Vernon Jordan, the civil rights lawyer who fought for black students to attend classes at the […]

50 Years After Civil Rights Act, Progress Still Needed to End Workplace Segregation