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Census 2020

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Equal Justice

Natural Hair Discrimination

Judicial Nominees

LDF Urges Senate to End Use of Consent Packages that Fast-Track Judicial Nominees

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LDF Testifies Before Congress on Voter Suppression Crisis Post Shelby

Congress

LDF Supports Commission on Reparations for African Americans

Voting Rights

LDF Sends Letter Urging Jeff Davis County to Reopen Polling Place Precinct

Equal Justice

LDF Releases Water/Color: A Study of Race and the Water Affordability Crisis in America’s Cities

Voting Rights

LDF Testifies on Major Election Reform and Voting Rights Bill Before Congress

Civil Rights

54th Anniversary of Selma March

News

LDF Leadership Featured in HuffPost

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District Court Rejects Citizenship Status Question for 2020 Census

Education

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Voting Rights

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Equal Justice

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