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50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act  This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, which Congress passed one week after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. King dedicated the last years of his life to the Chicago Freedom Movement, fighting housing discrimination and government policies that created segregation and trapped black Chicagoans in high-poverty neighborhoods. This movement and, tragically, King’s murder, helped spur passage of the FHA, which remains one of our nation’s most vital civil rights laws. The Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund has created a retrospective

Every year, LDF remembers the historic Selma-to-Montgomery March and continues the national conversation around voting rights. Each March, we pay homage to the 600 unarmed men, women and children who were on the front lines in the fight for voting rights on March 7, 1965 or “Bloody Sunday.” Early in 1965, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference made Selma, Alabama, the focus of its efforts to register Black voters in Alabama. On March 7, protestors attempting to cross the Edmund Pettis Bridge on their way from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were assaulted by Alabama State

LDF Celebrates Women History Month Women have always played an essential role in shaping history. But their accomplishments are often ignored or erased. During Women’s History Month we celebrate the women whose courage and intellect have pushed our society towards a more equal union. From Constance Baker Motley, who co-wrote the argument in Brown v Board of Education, to Jean Fairfax, the founding Director of LDF’s Division of Legal Information and Community Services, our history was molded by the brilliance of female legal scholars, organizers, and activists.   Constance Baker Motley  One of twelve children and the daughter of immigrants, Constance