LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute Announces the Enhancement and Expansion of the National Police Funding Database

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Today, the Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) re-launched its National Police Funding Database (NPFD), expanding its geographic and grants coverage and enhancing its search and share ...

LDF, Arnold & Porter File Title VI and Title IX Complaint on Behalf of Southlake Tx. Parents, Students

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and co-counsel Arnold & Porter submitted an administrative complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) on behalf of two organizations, Cultural ...

Civil Rights Groups Send Letter Asking the Justice Department to Reject the “Insular Cases”

Today, a coalition of civil rights organizations sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar urging the U.S. Department of Justice to reject the “Insular Cases,” a line of overtly ...

LDF Sends Letter to East Baton Rouge School Board Regarding Compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., the Louisiana NAACP, Power Coalition for Equity & Justice, Progressive Social Network, Louisiana Progress, and the Southern Poverty Law Center sent a letter to the East ...

LDF & Other Advocates Oppose Louisiana AG’s Motion to Dissolve Historic Decree Ensuring Black Electoral Representation on Louisiana Supreme Court

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Today, on behalf of Ronald Chisom, Marie Bookman, and the Urban League of Louisiana, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm Cozen O’Connor, and Louisiana civil rights attorneys, William Quigley, ...

Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Alabama Redistricting Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court today granted Alabama’s bid to temporarily halt a district court ruling that had required the state to redraw its new congressional map to comply with the Voting Rights Act. On January ...

LDF Issues Statement on Minneapolis Police Department’s Fatal Shooting of Amir Locke

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On Wednesday, police officers in the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) SWAT team executed a no-knock warrant at a residential address in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during which Officer Mark Hanneman fatally shot a 22-year-old Black man, Amir ...

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