Court Hearing Today to Address Dangers Caused by Carcinogenic Air Pollution at Elementary School in St. John the Baptist Parish

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Today at 2 p.m., a federal district court in New Orleans will hear arguments on a motion to remove all children and faculty from Fifth Ward Elementary School in a desegregation case against the St. ...

Voters and Voting Rights Organizations Praise Injunctions of Multiple Georgia State Election Board Rules

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Media Contact: LDF: media@naacpldf.org   SPLC: press@splcenter.org Campaign Legal Center: media@campaignlegalcenter.org Advancement Project: mediadesk@advancementproject.org LWVGA: communications@lwvga.org; saugustus@lwv.org Secure Families Initiative: kate.marshlord@securefamiliesinitiative.org ATLANTA — This week, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox issued an order ...

LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute Launches New Digital Archive, Gives Public Access to Powerful Civil Rights History

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF)’s Thurgood Marshall Institute announced the launch of Recollection: A Civil Rights Legal Archive, a first-of-its kind, searchable archival collection of oral histories, legal briefs, press releases, and correspondence related ...

Federal Court Strikes Down Restrictive, Suppressive Texas Voting Measures in S.B. 1 that Limited Voting Assistance

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Media Contacts:   LDF, media@naacpldf.org  The Arc, dilworth@thearc.org Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., inquiries@deltasigmatheta.org ArentFox Schiff, nathan.carlile@afslaw.com Ray Shackelford, rshackelford@haul.org The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), along with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Arc of Texas, The ...

LDF and Allies Share Resources on How NYVRA Protects Voting Rights for the November Election

Read a PDF of our statement here. Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) released a new guide for voters in New York State outlining the key protections and tools available to them under the John ...

Civil Rights Organizations File Amicus Brief in National Religious Broadcasters v. FCC, Defending the Agency’s Efforts to Increase Public Transparency

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Last week, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC), National Women’s Law Center, Office of Communications of the United Church of Christ, National Partnership for Women and ...

ACLU of Georgia and Civil Rights Groups: Extend Voter Registration Deadline as State Recovers from Hurricane Helene

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Contact: Dorrie Toney, media@acluga.org Ella Wiley, media@aclu.org Troi Barnes, media@naacpldf.org Lacy Crawford, lcrawford@lawyerscommittee.org ATLANTA—The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the law ...

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