UPDATED: Joint Statement of Education and Civil Rights Organizations Concerning Equitable Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic School Closures and Beyond

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The undersigned organizations representing teachers, parents, and education and civil rights advocates are committed to equitable educational opportunities for our nation’s students.  Understandably, as the COVID-19 pandemic extended to the United States, federal, state, tribal, ...

Civil Rights Groups and Black Clergy Leaders Call on Congress to Ensure that Proper Funding is Provided for Public Goods and Services

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined National Action Network, Conference of National Black Churches, and other civil rights groups and Black clergy members in calling on congressional leaders to ensure ...

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 ...

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