Friday, May 1, 2020 | news
State Department, CBP Illegally Withholding Records on Immigration Ban Waivers and Purported “Worldwide Review” Washington, DC — Today, Muslim Advocates and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sued the U.S. State Department and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol for failing to respond to a records request for essential information about the Trump […]
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 | news
ACLU, NAACP LDF, SPLC File Lawsuit on Behalf of Groups Representing Voters of Color and Other Historically Disenfranchised Communities Civil rights groups have filed a new federal lawsuit against Georgia’s sweeping law that makes it much harder for all Georgians to vote, particularly voters of color, new citizens, and religious communities. The American Civil Liberties […]
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 | news
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Contact: Ashley Levett ashley.levett@splcenter.org / (334)296-0084 Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Contact: LDF Media media@naacpldf.org / (212)965-2200 Southern Legal Counsel (SLC) Contact: Nancy Kinnally nancy@therelatablegroup.com / (407) 375-2264 Council on American Relations-Florida (CAIR-FL) Contact: Wilfredo Ruiz/ wruiz@cair.com/ (305)502-6749 PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (9/13/2022) — Yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Legal […]
Thursday, March 24, 2022 | news
Contacts: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Juan Martinez, media@naacpldf.org, 212-965-2200 Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Michelle Boykins, mboykins@advancingjustice-aajc.org, 202-604-1760 Vivin Qiang, vqiang@advancingjustice-aajc.org, 202-780-9327 LatinoJustice PRLDEF Sarai Bejarano, sbejarano@latinojustice.org, 212-739-7581 Read the full amicus brief here. Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and […]
Monday, May 16, 2022 | news
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC), the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, together with law firm Arnold & Porter, submitted an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to reverse the order by U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and protect […]
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Groups Statement on Mystic Valley Regional Charter School’s Updated Hair and Make-Up Policy The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School (MVRCS) recently released a new hair and make-up policy after receiving significant backlash against the previous one, including a letter outlining the ways in which the prior […]
Sunday, November 4, 2018 | news
WASHINGTON – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., The Leadership Conference Education Fund, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Communities Against Hate, and 83 other civil rights organizations today launched full-page advertisements in The New York Times and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in solidarity with victims of recent acts of hate and […]
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund and 71 additional organizations sent a letter urging Governor Kathy Hochul, Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Carl Heastie to prioritize, pass, and sign into law the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA). This landmark legislation would root out discrimination against voters of color in New […]
Monday, October 2, 2023 | news
Accompanying Letter Urges Educational Opportunities Attainable for All Washington, DC – Today six leading civil rights groups released a comprehensive report that offers recommendations for advancing educational equity in light of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decisions, providing key recommendations that can increase access to equitable and diverse education. The executives of the six organizations […]
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | news
A coalition of civil rights groups sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressing opposition to efforts to obstruct the District of Columbia’s Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA). It has been reported that President Biden will not veto the pending disapproval resolution regarding DC’s revised criminal code reform […]
