Today, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a much-needed piece of legislation aimed at protecting the right to vote. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the Greater Tangipahoa Parish NAACP Branch in sending a letter to the Tangipahoa School District outlining concerns that the current district map used to ...
Today, Sam Spital, Director of Litigation at 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 to ring the alarm on the current state of voting rights and urged Congress ...
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and counsel Janey Lanier filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court in support of Keyon Harrison and Denishio Johnson, two Black teenagers who, on ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of longtime board member Karen Hastie Williams, a trailblazing lawyer who broke barriers of race and gender during a career that spanned ...
Yesterday, a federal judge allowed the lawsuit challenging Florida’s anti-protest law, H.B.1, to move forward. The claims, filed by civil rights groups, allege racial discrimination and First Amendment violations against Governor DeSantis, Leon County Sheriff ...
On August 9, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF)”, American Civil Liberties Union, South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, League of Women Voters of South Carolina, South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice ...
