On March 11, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, further affirming that the virus will likely have a devastating impact on an increasing number of people around the globe for the foreseeable ...
WASHINGTON – The co-chairs of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Voting Rights Task Force and other organizations issued the following statement on the state of Louisiana’s decision to postpone its presidential primary, originally ...
Like all children in the State of Maryland, Black and Brown children in Baltimore City Schools have the right to an adequate public education under the State constitution. Recently, the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future legislation, ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Leadership Conference sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr requesting information about what steps the DOJ has taken undertaken, or intends to ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) wrote a letter to Harris County Clerk and Chief Election Officer Diane Trautman over concerns surrounding the extremely long lines seen at polling places during ...
On March 3rd, 2020, LDF’s Director of State Advocacy and Deputy Director of Policy, Monique Dixon, testified before the Maryland House of Delegates on the need to expand House Bill 1221. HB 1221 would amend ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted written testimony in support of New York State Senate Bill S7528, also known as the New York Voting Rights Act (NYVRA). The NYVRA would ...
