Wednesday, October 7, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 56 other national and state organizations urging U.S. Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray to protect Americans from the threat of white supremacists as early in-person voting continues in several states. “Within minutes […]
Monday, November 7, 2022 | news
The Alabama Black Woman’s Roundtable, Alabama Election Protection Network, ACLU of Alabama Foundation, Campaign Legal Center, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Lift Our Vote, and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) have sent a letter to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall urging him to make a public statement condemning intimidation of voters and election […]
Monday, December 18, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Groups To Present Argument In Lawsuit Against U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Over Suspension Of Rule Assisting Low-Income Families On Tuesday morning, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a broad coalition of civil rights organizations will present oral argument in […]
Monday, October 3, 2011 | news
Albany, NY – Tomorrow, attorneys from New York’s leading civil rights and social justice organizations will present oral argument in Little v. LATFOR in defense of the State’s law ending prison-based gerrymandering. Dale Ho of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Myrna Perez of the Brennan Center will present oral argument on behalf of fifteen […]
Monday, October 3, 2011 | case-update
Tomorrow, attorneys from New York’s leading civil rights and social justice organizations will present oral argument in Little v. LATFOR in defense of the State’s law ending prison-based gerrymandering. Dale Ho of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Myrna Perez of the Brennan Center will present oral argument on behalf of fifteen intervenor voters, also represented by […]
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 | news
The ACLU of Michigan, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and lawyers from Covington & Burling LLP today filed a class-action lawsuit against the Wayne County Treasurer, Wayne County and the City of Detroit to challenge illegal, racially discriminatory tax foreclosures that have pummeled African-American homeowners in recent years. “Wayne County and Detroit […]
Monday, October 23, 2017 | news
Civil Rights Groups Sue U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Over Suspension of Rule Assisting Low-Income Families Today, several civil rights organizations sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) challenging its decision to suspend a rule that would have assisted low-income families in securing affordable housing. Five organizations – the NAACP […]
Monday, October 23, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Groups Sue U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Over Suspension of Rule Assisting Low-Income Families Today, several civil rights organizations sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) challenging its decision to suspend a rule that would have assisted low-income families in securing affordable […]
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: NYPD’s “Gang” Policing Tactics The New York City Police Department (NYPD) maintains a database that classifies thousands of New Yorkers – 99% of whom are people of color – as members of local street gangs or crews. Given that the NYPD relies on this racially discriminatory system to conduct military-style […]
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | news
Read the full complaint here. Register for our press call with co-counsel and co-plaintiffs, scheduled for May 8 at 11am EST here. The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), Texas Appleseed, and Texas Low Income Housing Information Service (Texas Housers) today asked a federal court in Washington, D.C., to order the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development […]
