Civil Rights Organizations Demand Texas State University Reissue Invitation to Black History Exhibition After Politically Motivated Cancellation

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Nationally Acclaimed Black History Exhibition Canceled for the First Time in 30 Years CONTACT: Kristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org Troi Barnes, LDF, media@naacpldf.org SAN MARCOS, Texas – The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas ...

LDF Commends the Maryland Legislature’s Establishment of a Reparations Commission    

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Yesterday, members of the Maryland State Legislature voted to override the veto of Senate Bill 587, which now establishes a Reparations Commission to study and make recommendations to address discrimination and other harms faced by individuals ...

LDF Condemns Use of FY26 NDAA to Advance Trump Administration’s Anti-DEIA Agenda

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Today, the U.S. Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (FY26 NDAA), which includes sweeping provisions rolling back existing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives across the Department of Defense and prohibiting ...

LDF Urges CFPB to Withdraw Proposed Policy Changes, Cites Increased Potential for Discrimination Against Black People Seeking Loans or Credit

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a public comment calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to withdraw a proposed rule limiting federal enforcement to stop credit discrimination. The proposal would also rescind ...

Professors, Students, and Civil Rights Group Appeal Federal Court Decision Allowing Alabama’s Discriminatory Censorship Law, SB 129, to Stand

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the ACLU of Alabama announced that plaintiffs in Simon v. Ivey, including Alabama public university faculty and students and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, have filed ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in California Redistricting Case

Read a full PDF of our statement here.  This week, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief, or friend of the court brief, in Tangipa v. Newsom. The amicus brief explained that, based on ...

LDF Condemns Department of Justice for Gutting Regulations on Longstanding Civil Rights Enforcement Tool

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Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) gutted regulations that help ensure federal funding recipients don’t maintain discriminatory policies against Black communities and other groups that experience discrimination based on race, color, or national origin. Specifically, ...

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