LDF Seeks to Join Fight Against Texas’s Discriminatory Photo ID Law

Houston, Texas—Yesterday, the Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund and Black college students at Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern universities filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to prevent the implementation of ...

LDF ON 2009-10 SCHOOL YEAR “CIVIL RIGHTS DATA COLLECTION”

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) applauds the U.S. Department of Education on the release of its most recent “Civil Rights Data Collection”  and is deeply alarmed by the data therein. ...

Appeal of Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering Sent to Appellate Division

The New York Court of Appeals today declined to hear plaintiffs’ direct appeal in Little v. LATFOR, a lawsuit challenging New York’s law ending prison-based gerrymandering. The plaintiffs — who include upstate elected officials who ...

LDF Successfully Defends Lower Court Ruling in Historic School Desegregation Case

New York, NY — On December 28, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit affirmed key aspects of the lower court’s decision in Little Rock School District v. Lorene Joshua. This long-standing school ...

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Journey Through the American Death Penalty System

Source: Open Society Foundations

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s journey through the American death penalty system began on December 9, 1981, when he was arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a police officer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Six ...

Albany Judge Upholds Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Victory for Civil Rights, Fair Representation Removes Any Doubt That Redistricting Body Can Proceed Under New Law Albany, NY – New York Supreme Court Justice Eugene Devine today upheld New York’s law ending prison-based gerrymandering ...

LDF and NAACP Release Report on Confronting Modern Barriers to Voting Rights

The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the NAACP have been tracking the rising tide of legislative measures designed to block access to the polls for voters of color. What our research ...

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