Today, LDF sent a letter to the Cheektowaga, New York Town Board to address an exploratory proceeding concerning an alleged violation of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA) initiated by ...
CONTACT: Michelle Boykins mboykins@advancingjustice-aajc.org 202-296-2300, ext. 0144 LDF media@naacpldf.org LatinoJustice PRLDEF media@latinojustice.org Civil Rights Groups Applaud SCOTUS’ Decision As A Win for Equal Access for Students of Color Facing Unfair Barriers to Elective Public Resources ...
Washington, DC – Today, in response to ongoing attacks on efforts to address racial inequality, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced the launch of its Equal Protection Initiative (EPI), an interdisciplinary project to protect and ...
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 ...
