LDF Calls For an End to Over-Policing of Black Communities and a Transformation of Public Safety in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Today, less than one month before the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released “We Are Not Lesser,” a report examining the pronounced disparities in Tulsa’s ...

LDF Files Lawsuit Against the State of Florida Over Suppressive Voting Law

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee challenging Florida’s new law that greatly obstructs voting access. The lawsuit argues that S.B. ...

LDF Submits Testimony to the Michigan State Senate Opposing S.B. 273, S.B. 286, and S.B. 308 

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted written testimony to the Michigan state Senate Committee on Election expressing opposition to S.B. 273, S.B. 286, and S.B. 308, three bills that would ...

LDF Issues Statement on Facebook’s Decision to Uphold Suspension of Former President Trump From its Platform

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This morning, Facebook’s Oversight Board announced that it is upholding its previous suspension of former President Donald Trump’s account and directed Facebook to reexamine the indefinite suspension the company imposed on Mr. Trump on January ...

PASCO Coalition Demands School District End Illegal Surveillance Program

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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The People Against the Surveillance of Children and Over-policing (PASCO) Coalition sent an 11-page letter today urging the Pasco County School District to immediately end all student data-sharing agreements used by ...

LDF Submits Testimony to the Texas House Elections Committee opposing S.B. 1114

Today, LDF submitted written testimony to the Texas House Elections Committee expressing opposition to S.B. 114, would codify flawed voter purge procedures that are known to lead to the removal of recently naturalized U.S. citizens, ...

Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations Sends Letter Urging Judicial Diversity in the New York Court of Appeals Appointments

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined a coalition of civil rights organizations in sending a letter urging Judge E. Leo Milonas, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Senator ...

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