LDF Mourns the Loss of Congressman John Lewis, Legendary and Beloved Civil Rights Icon

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) mourns the heartbreaking loss of The Honorable John Lewis, an esteemed member of Congress and revered civil rights hero with whom our organization has a ...

LDF Tribute to Congressman John Lewis, Legendary and Beloved Civil Rights Icon

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Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) is photographed in his offices in the Canon House office building on March 17, 2009 in Washington, D.C.  Today, LDF mourns the loss of The Honorable John Lewis, an esteemed member ...

LDF Files FOIA Requests Regarding the Activity of Federal Agents in Portland, Oregon

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the U.S. ...

LDF Files FOIA Requests to Determine Legality of the Deployment of Federal Law Enforcement Personnel to “Control” D.C. Protests

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the U.S. ...

LDF Seeks Rehearing En Banc for Erroneous Fifth Circuit Panel Decision

This week, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a petition for rehearing en banc in a significant voting rights case that challenged how judges are elected in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The ...

Black Student Voters Granted Day in Court to Fight for Accessible Early Voting

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Yesterday, the Southern District Court of Texas ruled that Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) students and a PVAMU student-organization will have their day in court to demonstrate why Waller County’s November 2018 early voting schedule ...

Civil Rights Groups Commend Top Mortgage Lenders & Industry Leaders for Urging HUD to Reconsider Disparate Impact Rule

Bank of America, Quicken Loans, Citi , Wells Fargo, National Association of Realtors call on HUD to hold off on issuing a final Disparate Impact Rule     WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, leading civil rights groups commended mortgage lenders and industry leaders now advocating for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to refrain from issuing a final ...

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