LDF, SPLC, Alabama Civil Rights and Disability Rights Groups Urge Alabama Secretary of State to Ensure Ballot Access Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Greater Birmingham Ministries, the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program ...

LDF Comment Letter on Baltimore Aerial Surveillance Pilot Program

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“Dear Mayor Young and Police Commissioner Harrison: On behalf of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF),1 we write to raise several concerns about the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Aerial Investigation Research Pilot ...

LDF Calls on State and Local Governments to Address the Many Challenges Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global and national crisis that requires a unified and concerted response to protect the life, health, and safety of all Americans. Amidst this crisis, it is especially critical to ...

Voting Rights Organizations Send Letter to Texas Secretary of State about Expanding Vote-by-Mail Eligibility in Response to COVID-19

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined twenty-six other voting rights organizations in sending a letter to Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughes urging the expansion of vote-by-mail eligibility in response ...

LDF Submits Comments on the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Proposed Rule

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Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted comments regarding a proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule that redefines affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH). LDF opposes this proposed rule, ...

LDF Calls on the U.S. Senate to Pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

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On Saturday morning, the U.S. of House of Representatives passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), an important piece of legislation that provides federal funding and guarantees to begin to address Americans’ increasingly ...

Civil Rights Organizations Urge Congress and State Election Officials to Safeguard the 2020 Election from COVID-19 Threat

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the Leadership Conference, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in writing a letter to Congress, United States ...

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