Civil Rights Organizations Condemn Signing of Bill that Stifles Academic Freedom in Higher Education

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MEDIA CONTACT: LDF Media Office, media@naacpldf.org, 212-965-2200 ACLU Media Office, media@aclufl.org, 786-363-2737 TALLAHASSEE, FL — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 266 (SB 266) today at New College of Florida. This new law targets academic ...

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal in South Carolina Redistricting Case That Held State Gerrymandered Black Voters

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CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Ella Wiley, Legal Defense Fund, 212-965-2200, media@naacpldf.org WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today said it will hear an appeal to a ruling that ordered South Carolina to redraw ...

Civil Rights Leaders Issue Joint Letter to Health Insurers and Health Associations, Urging Action as COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Rules End, Jeopardizing Care for Millions

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CONTACT: Phoebe Plagens, Legal Defense Fund | 212-965-2200 | media@naacpldf.org Bernadine Stallings, NCNW | (313) 468-4099 | bstallings@ncnw.org Angelo Greco, NCBCP | (917) 499-2688 | angelo@trillmulticultural.com Niambé Tomlinson, National Urban League | (585) 576-4406 | ...

LDF Issues Letter to the Tennessee Department of Transportation Expressing Support for Black Farmers in Rural West Tennessee

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) addressing serious concerns following reports that the agency is abusing eminent domain to seize farmland from Black farmers in ...

LDF and Co-Counsel File Appeal in Case of Federal Officers Ambushing and Attacking Man

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), working with Indian and Environmental Law and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, filed an appeal on behalf of Donald Logsdon, who was ambushed, kicked in the face, and knocked unconscious ...

LDF Responds to Tragic Killing of Jordan Neely

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On May 1, a white former U.S. Marine killed Jordan Neely, an unhoused Black man, using a chokehold while in a New York City public transit car. Today, the city medical examiner ruled Neely’s death ...

Civil Rights Organizations Condemn Passage of Bill that Stifles Academic Freedom in Higher Education, Urges Gov. DeSantis to Veto

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MEDIA CONTACT: LDF Media Office, media@naacpldf.org, 212-965-2200 ACLU Media Office, media@aclufl.org, 786-363-2737 TALLAHASSEE, FL — The Florida Legislature voted today to pass Senate Bill 266 (S.B. 266). This bill places critical faculty decisions, such as ...

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