Broad Coalition Urges Justice Department to Reject Discriminatory Louisiana Redistricting Plan

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 to ...

Civil Rights Organizations File Motion to Defend Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Voters and Community Groups Intervening in Suit to Ensure that All New Yorkers Are Equally Represented in State and Local Legislatures Albany, NY – Today, top civil rights organizations filed a motion in New York ...

Legislative Black Caucus challenges Louisiana House redistricting plan

Source: nola.com

The Legislative Black Caucus and three civil rights organizations Friday called on the U.S. Justice Department to reject the House redistricting plan drawn at a recent special session of the Louisiana Legislature. Joining the caucus ...

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 ...

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