LDF Urges the Dorchester County Board of Elections to Restore Polling Site at Sand Hill United Methodist Church

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) wrote the Dorchester County, South Carolina Board of Elections urging it to restore the polling site at Sand Hill United Methodist Church as the Delemars ...

LDF and Public Citizen File Lawsuit on Behalf of the NAACP Against the USPS to Suspend Implementation of Postal Service Changes Ahead of the November Election

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Public Citizen filed a lawsuit on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) against the United States Postal Service (USPS). Our suit, which ...

Federal Appeals Court Hearing Concludes in Challenge to Florida Law Obstructing Voting Rights Restoration in Florida

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ATLANTA — A federal appeals court hearing in a case that may enable hundreds of thousands of Floridians to register to vote in time for the November election concluded today after two hours of oral argument.  The ...

Court Grants LDF’s Request to Enjoin Enforcement of a Discriminatory Dress and Grooming Policy Against a Black High School Student

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Following a three-day virtual preliminary injunction hearing the week of July 19, late last night a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted a request made by the NAACP ...

Coalition of National Civil Rights Organizations File Amicus Brief Opposing Unions’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Prevent Disclosure of Certain NYPD Misconduct Info

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Last week, a coalition of national civil rights organizations, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL), LatinoJustice PRLDEF (LJP), and Law For Black Lives ...

North Carolina Supreme Court Issues Momentous Decision on Death Penalty Racial Discrimination Case

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Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a decision in State v. Robinson, ruling that Marcus Robinson, a Black man sentenced to death in 1994, must have his life sentence reinstated. Mr. Robinson, along with three other individuals, ...

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