LDF Condemns Tennessee House’s Retaliatory Expulsion of Two Black Lawmakers

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On Thursday, the Tennessee House voted on a resolution to expel three members of the House for their involvement in a demonstration for gun control policies, following the recent killings of three children and three ...

Black Voters Sue Jefferson County Commission for Racial Gerrymandering

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb filed a lawsuit on behalf of Cara McClure, Greater Birmingham Ministries (GBM), and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP challenging the ...

LDF Welcomes Cecilia Marshall, Colleen Foster, and Cynthia Patton as New Members of Board of Directors

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors: Cecilia Marshall, the granddaughter of LDF founder Thurgood Marshall and Director of External Partnerships at Partnership for ...

LDF Joins Other Black-led Civil Rights Organizations to Endorse the Freedom to Learn Campaign

The endorsement of the new campaign adds to LDF’s Pro-Truth Initiative and the organization’s broader advocacy efforts in education.   Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) joined with other Black-led legacy civil rights organizations to ...

LDF Applauds White House’s Pledge to Veto House Resolution of Disapproval for Washington D.C. Policing Reform Bill

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Today, a White House official stated that President Biden would veto a resolution of disapproval, voted out of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, that seeks to strike down a locally enacted police accountability measure ...

LDF Submits Recommendations to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on Data Collection

On March 30, 2023, LDF submitted recommendations to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in response to Section 1 of Exec. Order 14074. The recommendations outline the kinds of data that ...

Black Voters Urge Supreme Court to Affirm Win in South Carolina Redistricting Case

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of South Carolina, and Arnold & Porter filed a motion today in the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a federal court’s ruling that South ...

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