LDF Shares Comments Opposing Census Bureau’s Decision to Add a Citizenship Status

Comments on 2020 Census, Including Proposed Information Collection   The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), our country’s first and foremost civil rights and racial justice organization, appreciates the opportunity to provide comments ...

Civil Rights Groups Sue NYPD Over Failure to Disclose Information on Gang Policing Policies

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Related Case or Issue: NYPD’s “Gang” Policing Tactics   The New York City Police Department (NYPD) maintains a database that classifies thousands of New Yorkers – 99% of whom are people of color – as ...

25 Harvard Student and Alumni Organizations File Amicus Brief in Support of College Admissions Policies That Foster Diversity

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Twenty-five Harvard student and alumni organizations, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), filed an amicus brief today in a Massachusetts federal court condemning a divisive lawsuit that seeks to eliminate the consideration ...

LDF Continues to Challenge Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

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LDF Continues to Challenge Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will appear before a federal appeals court on Friday to ...

National Civil Rights Leaders Issue Letter to San Bernardino County District Attorney Demanding Termination of Deputy District Attorney Over Biased Statements

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  National Civil Rights Leaders Issue Letter to San Bernardino County District Attorney Demanding Termination of Deputy District Attorney Over Biased Statements Leaders Also Call for Creation of a Conviction Review Unit to Review All ...

LDF Files Records Request for Information on Man’s Attack of Black Middle School Student in Berkeley, California

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Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign   LDF Files Records Request for Information on Man’s Attack of Black Middle School Student in Berkeley, California In March, a white motorist allegedly assaulted a 12-year-old Black middle school ...

Civil Rights Leaders Discuss #WhatsAtStake for Voting Rights in SCOTUS Fight

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The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights hosted a telephone press briefing with other civil rights leaders today to outline and emphasize Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s threatening record to voting rights. The ...

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