Louisiana Congressional Map with Two Majority-Black Districts Set for 2024 Elections After Supreme Court Issues Emergency Stay

Read a PDF of our statement Here

CONTACT:  Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay today in Robinson v. Callais, pausing enforcement of a district court’s decision to strike down Louisiana’s ...

Texas Rising, Texas Students for DEI, and the Texas American Federation of Teachers March to Texas State Capitol Before Senate Subcommittee Testimony About Harms Against Black, Brown and LGBTQIA Students, Staff, and Faculty Caused By Implementation of New Anti-DEI Law, SB 17

Read a PDF of our statement Here

(Austin, TX) – Texas Rising, Texas Students for DEI (TXS4DEI), Texas American Federation of Teachers (Texas AFT), and other students and faculty groups led a demonstration that began at the University of Texas Austin and ...

Concerned Parents and Students Urge Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas to Enter Good-Faith Negotiations with Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights to Resolve Finding of Civil Rights Violations

Read a PDF of our statement Here

Yesterday, Cultural & Racial Equity for Every Dragon (CREED) and the Southlake Anti-Racism Coalition (SARC) submitted an open letter to the Carroll Independent School District (CISD), in Southlake, Texas, urging it to negotiate in good ...

LDF Calls on the EEOC to Investigate Potentially Racist Hiring Practices at AutoNation and Genuine Parts Company

Read a PDF of our statement Here

Today, the Legal Defense Fund sent a letter to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) asking for a formal investigation into the hiring practices of two major U.S. companies, AutoNation and Genuine Parts. The ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Support of Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule

Read a PDF of our statement Here

LDF filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment (“AFBR”) v. Securities and Exchange Commission in support of Nasdaq’s Board Diversity Rule, which ...

The Legal Defense Fund Issues Democracy Defended Report Outlining Barriers to Fair, Accessible Elections and Guidelines to Protect the Vote in 2024

Read a PDF of our statement Here

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) officially released its Democracy Defended report, which provides lessons learned from monitoring the 2022 election and a blueprint for the upcoming 2024 election, with a particular focus on ...

Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Disability Rights Groups Ask Court to Block Enforcement of Law Criminalizing Absentee Ballot Application Assistance

Read a PDF of our statement Here

Montgomery, AL — Today, a coalition of civil rights, voting rights, and disability rights organizations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in Alabama State Conference of the NAACP et al. v. Marshall et al. ...

Shares