CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org, 347-514-3984 Lauren Gaines, ACLU of Louisiana, lgaines@laaclu.org Phoebe Plagens, Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org, 646-979-7382 BATON ROUGE, La. — In a victory for fair maps, a federal court today ruled ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Black voters and civil rights groups moved to intervene in a new lawsuit late yesterday that would invalidate the congressional redistricting plan enacted just weeks ago. The map was drawn in ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to a Philadelphia private school, Cedar Grove Christian Academy, expressing concern regarding its uniform code, which expressly prohibits certain culturally significant hairstyles, like locs and afros. In the ...
Today, the United States Postal Service unveiled its 47th Black Heritage stamp which honors the iconic life and legacy of Constance Baker Motley, the second woman lawyer at the LDF and a legal trailblazer in ...
On Tuesday, January 30, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in support of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Danco Laboratories, in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and ...
Today, twelve civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas State Board of Education urging the agencies to issue detailed guidance to school districts concerning the implementation of ...
Tonight, unless the United States Supreme Court intervenes, the state of Alabama will execute Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen gas, the first ever execution of its kind. Alabama officials will strap Mr. Smith to a ...
