LDF Submits Testimony in Opposition to Two Texas Voter Suppression Bills

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF)  submitted testimony in opposition to two omnibus voter suppression bills introduced in the Texas special legislative session that began Thursday, July 8, 2021. Texas House Bill ...

Civil Rights Leaders Meet with President Biden and Vice President Harris

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Don Owens, Lawyers’ Committee, dowens@lawyerscommittee.org, 202.934.1880 Juan Martinez, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org, 212.956.2200 Stephen Peters, The Leadership Conference, peters@civilrights.org, 202.466.1887 Niambé Tomlinson, National Urban League, ntomlinson@nul.org, 585.576-4406 Angelo Greco, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Black ...

LDF Condemns Texas Special Session Called by Gov. Abbott to Force Passage of Voter Suppression and Anti-Free Speech Bills

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Today, the 87th Texas legislature started a special session called by Governor Greg Abbott for the explicit purpose of forcing through measures that target Black and Brown Texans. Among these harmful measures is H.B. 3, ...

LDF, ACLU of Michigan, and Covington & Burling File Amicus Brief Defending Black Detroit Homeowners’ Right to Due Process in Challenging Unfair Tax Assessments

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, and the law firm of Covington & Burlington LLP submitted an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs-appellants ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Ohio Supreme Court Case Urging Relevance of Racial Prejudice at Criminal Suppression Hearings

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Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and counsel Squire Patton Boggs filed an amicus brief in support of David Hansard, a Black man who was stopped and arrested in Ohio. The officer ...

Coalition Sends Letter Urging Congress Against Strengthening Qualified Immunity and Limiting Employer Liability for Law Enforcement Agencies

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and a coalition of 28 organizations sent a letter to U.S. Senators Booker, Scott and Graham, and Representatives Bass and Clyburn regarding their efforts to ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement on Decision to Decline Tenure Offer at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and to Accept Knight Chair Appointment at Howard University

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Today, award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones announced that she has declined an offer of tenure from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). In her first extensive comments since the UNC Board of Trustees ...

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