Civil Rights Groups to Defend Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering in Supreme Court Hearing

Albany, NY – Tomorrow, attorneys from New York’s leading civil rights and social justice organizations will present oral argument in Little v. LATFOR in defense of the State’s law ending prison-based gerrymandering. Dale Ho of ...

LDF Kicks Off Conference on School Discipline

Race, Gender, Discipline and Justice: Students Locked Out of a Quality Education (Savannah, GA) – Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) along with the African American Male Achievement Group, Inc. (AMA) ...

LDF Commends Court Decision Upholding Constitutionality of the Heart of the Voting Rights Act

(New York, NY) — Today, for the second time, a federal court in Washington, D.C. upheld the constitutionality of the heart of the 2006 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act.   The case, Shelby County, Alabama v. ...

“New State Voting Laws: Barriers to the Ballot”

LDF Presents Testimony to Congress Regarding State Laws That Threaten to Undermine Minority Voting Rights  (Washington, D.C.) — Today, Ryan Haygood, Director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Political Participation Group, offered testimony at a hearing ...

LDF Testifies At New York Redistricting Hearing

(New York, NY) — Today, Natasha Korgaonkar, Assistant Counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) testified at a redistricting hearing before New York’s Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment ...

LDF Moves to Intervene on behalf of Florida NAACP and African-American Voters in Florida Voting Rights Case

Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a motion seeking to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and African-American voters to prevent the State of Florida ...

LDF Applauds Legislation Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering in California

(New York) — The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the California State Legislature for passing legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering in California, and Assembly Member Mike Davis, who sponsored the bill.  ...

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