Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the CROWN Act into law on Saturday, May 27. The new law will go into effect on September 1, 2023 and will prohibit race-based hair discrimination in Texas housing, workplaces, ...
A federal district court in Louisiana issued a ruling today in the Thomas v. School Board of St. Martin Parish desegregation case. The court ordered the St. Martin school board to adopt remedial proposals put ...
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 ...
