Broad Coalition Urges Justice Department to Reject Discriminatory Louisiana Redistricting Plan

[New York]–Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”), the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, the National Urban League, and the NAACP State Conference of Louisiana issued a joint letter urging the Attorney General ...

Court of Appeals Victory in Chicago Firefighter Discrimination Case

(New York, New York) – This morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in favor of a class of over 6,000 qualified African-American firefighter applicants who were unfairly denied the opportunity ...

Fight for Justice Continues for NYC Public School Custodians

Appellate Court mandates further scrutiny of discrimination remedies for African-American and Hispanic school custodians in New York (New York, NY) Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an order requiring a ...

LDF Testifies in Support of Legislation Banning Prison-Based Gerrymandering in California

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Dale Ho, Assistant Counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will testify at a hearing at 1:30 pm before the California State Assembly’s Committee on Elections and ...

Leading Civil Rights Groups Urge Department of Justice to Require Florida to Submit Voting Change for Review

Announced Changes to Voting Have Not Been Approved by Department of Justice (New York, NY) – Today, the nation’s leading civil rights organizations, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), NAACP, Florida State Conference ...

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 1982 Death Sentence is Again Declared Unconstitutional

(New York, NY) –The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has unanimously declared that Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence is unconstitutional.  In today’s decision, the Court of Appeals reaffirmed its 2008 finding that ...

Rights Groups Sue Louisiana over Voting Rights Violations

State Agencies Failed to Register Minority and Low-Income Voters under National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) (New Orleans, LA) –Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF), Project Vote, and New Orleans attorney Ronald Wilson filed ...

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