Media Contacts Legal Defense Fund – 212-965-2200 / media@naacpldf.org Common Cause in Connecticut – cquickmire@commoncause.org ACLU of Connecticut – 860-992-7645 / media@acluct.org Tonight, the Connecticut Senate voted, with bipartisan support, to pass Senate Bill 1226 ...
PRESS CONTACTS Ella Wiley (Legal Defense Fund) ewiley@naacpldf.org Niambé Tomlinson (National Urban League) NTomlinson@nul.org Paige Censale (Haitian Bridge Alliance) info@haitianbridge.org Anna Núñez (Southern Poverty Law Center) anna.nunez@splcenter.org Today, as first reported by The Hill, a ...
Today marks three years since George Floyd was murdered. Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: “Three years ago today, George Floyd was slowly tortured and killed by ...
Today, LDF Deputy Director of Litigation Deuel Ross testified before the United States House Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections at its hearing entitled “American Confidence in Elections: Ensuring Every Eligible American Has the ...
Today, a federal appeals court reversed a lower court ruling in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, holding that a new admissions policy which created more equal access for Black, Latinx, and underserved ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), O’Melveny & Myers LLP, and longtime Arkansas civil rights attorney, Arkie Byrd, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Christian Ministerial Alliance, and individual voters, Patricia Brewer, Carolyn ...
Austin, Texas – The Texas House of Representatives voted today to pass Senate Bill 17 (S.B. 17), a bill that prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices and policies at public colleges and universities in ...
