LDF on WBAI’s “Wake Up Call”

Source: WBAI 99.5 FM New York

Listen to LDF’s Jin Hee Lee on WBAI’s “Wake Up Call” discussing September 28th’s City Council Hearing on unlawful tresspass enforcement policies in New York City Housing Authority developments. Listen here. (Segment begins at 26:45).

LDF Wins Injunction in Post-Katrina Housing Discrimination Case

(New York) – Today the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an injunction protecting funds from the Road Home Program so that displaced homeowners can have an opportunity to show ...

Jefferson Thomas, American Hero 1942-2010

Source: The Defenders Online

Jefferson Thomas, one of the Little Rock Nine, died Sunday. In 1957 he and eight other black teenagers in Little Rock, Arkansas, risked their lives to go to the high school they were entitled to ...

LDF Wins Relief for Victims of Post- Katrina/Rita Housing Discrimination

(New York) – Today a federal court in Washington, DC, prevented Louisiana from continuing to utilize a discriminatory formula as part of the federally-funded “Road Home” Program, which was designed by the Louisiana Recovery Authority ...

LDF Commemorates the 45th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act Signing

(New York) — Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) commemorates the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, a bill that remains a cornerstone feature of American democracy.  ...

Legal Defense Fund Applauds Legislation Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering in New York

(New York) –The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) congratulates the New York State Senate for passing legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering in New York.  Their courageous decision will bring New York’s redistricting ...

LDF Files Motion to Intervene in Georgia Lawsuit In Defense of Voting Rights Act

(New York, NY) – Today, the District Court granted the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.’s (LDF) motion to intervene in a lawsuit initiated by the State of Georgia.  LDF seeks to defend and ...

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