LDF Issues Statement on Biden Administration’s Plans to End Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Home Appraisals

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Today, Vice President Kamala Harris announced the administration’s action plan to Advance Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) to end racial and ethnic discrimination in the home appraisals process which has historically led to the ...

LDF Sends Letter Calling for Emergency Election Measures to Louisiana Secretary of State and Elections Commissioner

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Power Coalition for Equity and Justice submitted a letter to the Louisiana Secretary of State and Commissioner of Elections to call for immediate actions to ...

LDF Issues Statement on CROWN Act’s Passage by the House of Representatives

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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act, a bill to prohibit racial discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle or hair texture. The NAACP ...

LDF Submits Testimony on Reimagining Public Safety in the COVID-19 Era to House Judiciary Subcommittee

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund submitted testimony to the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on “Reimagining Public Safety in the COVID-19 Era.” LDF’s written testimony highlights how strategies ...

LDF Sends Letter to Mississippi Secretary of State Regarding Polling Location Changes

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU of Mississippi, Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Mississippi Center for Justice, Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, One Voice, and Southern Poverty Law Center sent a letter to ...

LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson Testifies Before Congress on the Continuing Threat of Racialized Violence and Targeting of Black Institutions

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Today, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson testified before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security in response to the ongoing crisis of extremist attacks on Black ...

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Louisiana Congressional Map

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Louisiana, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP filed a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s congressional map. Filed on ...

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