Today, twelve civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas State Board of Education urging the agencies to issue detailed guidance to school districts concerning the implementation of ...
Tonight, unless the United States Supreme Court intervenes, the state of Alabama will execute Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen gas, the first ever execution of its kind. Alabama officials will strap Mr. Smith to a ...
The Legal Defense Fund extends its deepest condolences and wishes for comfort to the King Family on the passing of Dexter King. Mr. King’s commitment to preserving the legacy of his father, civil rights icon ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in André et al. v. Clayton County, Georgia on behalf of internationally recognized Black comedians Eric André and Clayton English, who, on their way to board ...
Following years of litigation, Black voters finally set to achieve fair map BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, the Louisiana Legislature passed a map that creates a second majority-Black congressional district after being granted a final ...
Today, LDF submitted comments to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in response to the request from the Justice Department and Department of home HS for public input regarding law ...
Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a scathing report about the failures of the Uvalde Police Department during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which resulted in the deaths of ...
