Nation’s Oldest Civil Rights Legal Organization Says Federal Legislation to Protect Voters is Urgently Needed Today, long-time lead sponsor Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) in the United States House ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is saddened by the loss of J. Gerald ‘Gerry’ Hebert, a longtime civil rights lawyer, former Executive Director and Director at the Campaign Legal Center, and a stalwart voting rights ...
Media Contacts Legal Defense Fund (LDF) – media@naacpldf.org / 212-965-2200 Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davis, & Rouco LLP – rrouco@qcwdr.com / 205-918-7430 [Newbern, Alabama]—Today, the Legal Defense Fund joined as co-counsel and filed a proposed ...
Media Contacts Ella Wiley, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) – media@naacpldf.org/212-965-2200 Brad Wise, NewsPros – Reed Smith LLP – brad@newspros.com/925-588-4744 Linda Yun, ArentFox Schiff – linda.yun@afslaw.com/312-258-4504 Jackie Dilworth, The Arc – dilworth@thearc.org /202-617-3271 Kerry-Ann Hamilton, Delta ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2023 CONTACT: Phoebe Plagens, LDF, pplagens@naacpldf.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Jose Vazquez, ACLU of Alabama, jvazquez@aclualabama.org Court orders special master to redraw map to ensure Black voters have ...
On Saturday, a white supremacist shot and killed three Black people in a targeted attack at a store in Jacksonville, Florida, before killing himself. Law enforcement officials said the assailant “hated Black people” and used ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) joined hosts National Action Network and Drum Major Institute at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and ...
