LDF, SCSJ, and Common Cause North Carolina Issue Letter Strongly Urging North Carolina State Board of Elections to Adopt a Fair Early Voting Plan for Black Voters

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Yesterday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Southern Coalition of Social Justice, and Common Cause North Carolina, working with a coalition of other nonpartisan national and North Carolina-based voting rights and civil rights advocacy organizations, issued ...

Civil Rights Organizations Demand Texas State University Reissue Invitation to Black History Exhibition After Politically Motivated Cancellation

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Nationally Acclaimed Black History Exhibition Canceled for the First Time in 30 Years CONTACT: Kristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org Troi Barnes, LDF, media@naacpldf.org SAN MARCOS, Texas – The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas ...

LDF Commends the Maryland Legislature’s Establishment of a Reparations Commission    

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Yesterday, members of the Maryland State Legislature voted to override the veto of Senate Bill 587, which now establishes a Reparations Commission to study and make recommendations to address discrimination and other harms faced by individuals ...

LDF Condemns Use of FY26 NDAA to Advance Trump Administration’s Anti-DEIA Agenda

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Today, the U.S. Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (FY26 NDAA), which includes sweeping provisions rolling back existing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives across the Department of Defense and prohibiting ...

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