LDF Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Louisiana Voting Requirements That Put Voters at Risk Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the firm Covington & Burling, LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging voting requirements imposed by the State of Louisiana, including restrictions on the use ...

LDF Calls on Arkansas Governor to Implement Statewide Moratorium on Evictions and Foreclosures

Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson requesting he implement a statewide moratorium on evictions and foreclosures to protect Arkansas’s most vulnerable households facing ...

Over 100 Civil Rights Organizations Urge Congress to Support Robust Funding for the United States Postal Service

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) signed onto a letter with  the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 99 other civil rights organizations regarding the need to provide robust ...

Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Horrific Attack on Ahmaud Arbery

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), NAACP, National Urban League, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and the National Action Network (NAN) today released ...

Federal Trial Concludes in Challenge to Florida Law That Undermines Voting Rights Restoration

Trial Outcome Will Impact the Right to Vote for Hundreds of Thousands of Floridians TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal trial that will impact the right to vote for hundreds of thousands of Floridians concluded today ...

LDF Urges Alabama State Leaders to Ensure the Distribution of Crucial School Meals

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter stressing the necessity for school meals to be provided during the COVID-19 pandemic to the Alabama State Superintendent of Education, State Board ...

Civil Rights Organizations Call for Defeat of Cory Wilson’s Nomination to Fifth Circuit

WASHINGTON, D.C. – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate announced ...

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