March 30, 2022 – Today, the Louisiana legislature voted to overturn Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of the Congressional map passed earlier this year, which failed to add a second majority-Black district. In response, the ...
Last night, state lawmakers in Connecticut passed out of committee Senate Bill 471 (“S.B. 471”), a state-level Voting Rights Act that seeks to expand access to the freedom to vote and strengthen voter protections for ...
Today, President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, bringing to a conclusion a century-long and multigenerational campaign to employ the federal government’s significant powers against lynching—a distinctly American form of anti-Black violence ...
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the NAACP Louisiana State Conference, Louisiana Progress, Black Voters Matter Fund, Progressive Social Network and Power Coalition for Equity and Justice sent a letter concerning ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. submitted written testimony urging Connecticut legislators to support S.B. 471 An Act Concerning Elections and State Voting Rights. The bill, strongly modeled after the federal Voting Rights ...
As organizations dedicated to protecting all New Yorkers’ freedom to vote, we commend the New York State Senate for including the funds needed to implement and enforce the John R. Lewis Voting Rights of New ...
Contacts: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Juan Martinez, media@naacpldf.org, 212-965-2200 Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Michelle Boykins, mboykins@advancingjustice-aajc.org, 202-604-1760 Vivin Qiang, vqiang@advancingjustice-aajc.org, 202-780-9327 LatinoJustice PRLDEF Sarai Bejarano, sbejarano@latinojustice.org, 212-739-7581 Read the full amicus brief here. ...
