LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute Welcomes Research Fellow Dr. Ayobami Laniyonu

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced the selection of the newest Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) Non-Resident Research Fellow Dr. Ayobami Laniyonu, a highly accomplished academic with expertise in criminal justice ...

Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro Joins LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute as Senior Research Fellow

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) announced that former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro will join LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) as a Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow. Secretary ...

Federal Court Blocks Alabama’s New Congressional Map, Orders Lawmakers to Draw Map with Two Majority-Black Districts

A federal court today struck down Alabama’s newly drawn congressional map. As a result of the preliminary injunction, the state Legislature must draft a new congressional map that complies with the Voting Rights Act by ...

LDF Issues Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision to Grant Cert in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC

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Today, the United States Supreme Court granted writs of certiorari in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC. From its inception, SFFA, led by Ed Blum, has sought to end the ...

LDF Issues Statement on Holly Thomas’s Confirmation to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Holly Thomas as a Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In response to Judge Thomas’s ...

LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill Testifies on Voter Suppression and Continuing Threats to Democracy

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This morning, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on the ...

Civil Rights Leaders Issue Statement on U.S. Senate’s Failure to Pass Voting Rights Legislation

Leading civil rights organizations issued the following joint statement in response to the double atrocity committed in the Senate tonight, both in blocking a vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act and ...

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