Thurgood Marshall Institute Releases Black History Month Brief Examining State Control of Black Political Power in Local Communities

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Last week, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute released a new research brief, When the State Takes Over: How State Officials Usurping Local Control Threatens Local Black Political Power, authored by Senior Researcher ...

LDF Welcomes Dr. OiYan Poon as Education Equity Fellow of the Thurgood Marshall Institute

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has welcomed Dr. OiYan Poon as the Education Equity Fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Institute, LDF’s multidisciplinary research and advocacy center launched in 2015. Dr. Poon is a renowned community-engaged ...

LDF Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Trump v. Anderson

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States allowed Donald Trump to remain on the Colorado ballot for the upcoming presidential election after the Colorado Supreme Court held that Trump’s involvement in the January 6th ...

LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute Launches eJournal on Social Science Research Network, Expands Digital Access to Multidisciplinary Research

Today, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) launched its Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Research Paper series in the form of an eJournal – the Thurgood Marshall Institute Social Science Review (TMISSR). ...

Civil Rights Groups Urge the Atlanta City Council to Allow Referendum on “Cop City” to Move Forward

Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the Center for Constitutional Rights—leaders of civil rights organizations that are based or have offices in Atlanta and have a long history ...

Nation’s Oldest Civil Rights Legal Organization Says Federal Legislation to Protect Voters is Urgently Needed

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Today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard Durbin and Senator Raphael Warnock reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) in the United States Senate. The legislation will protect voters from discrimination and strengthen ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in the Fifth Circuit in Petteway v. Galveston County, a Case Concerning the Viability of Coalition Claims Under the Voting Rights Act 

Today, LDF filed an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs in Petteway v. Galveston County, a case before the en banc Fifth Circuit that concerns the viability of coalition claims under the Voting Rights Act ...

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