Thursday, July 7, 2022 | news
Today, seventeen civil rights groups and youth organizations sent letters to every Texas school superintendent urging them to ensure their district’s dress codes and related polices are not fostering unlawful discrimination that unfairly denies students an equal opportunity to get an education based on their race, gender, or religion. The state and national organizations, including […]
Monday, August 19, 2024 | news
Today, LDF and civil rights and voting rights groups sent a letter to Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, the Board of Registrars for all 67 counties, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall informing them that Alabama’s voter purge program, which targets individuals on the voter rolls who had been previously issued noncitizen identification numbers, […]
Monday, February 17, 2025 | news
Atlanta, Georgia— The City of Atlanta Office of Inspector General (OIG) was established as an independent watchdog to ensure integrity, transparency, and accountability in City of Atlanta government following past instances of corruption. Recent Atlanta City Council legislation (25-O-1009) threatens to undermine the independence of OIG, limiting its ability to investigate corruption and hold public […]
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | news
(NEW YORK, NY) – Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), The Legal Aid Society, The Bronx Defenders, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the law firm Ballard Spahr filed a putative class-action complaint against the City of New York, challenging the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) racially disparate targeting, surveillance, and criminalization of tens of thousands of […]
Monday, January 12, 2015 | news
Washington, D.C. — A coalition of organizations in support of protecting fair housing in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., the housing discrimination case being argued before the U.S. Supreme Court next week, held a joint media roundtable on January 15, 2015. Representatives from organizations which filed amicus briefs, the NAACP […]
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 | news
Read a PDF of this statement here. On Tuesday, August 6, Voto Latino, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, MoveOn, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Service Employees International Union, Labor Council For Latin American Advancement, and American Federation of Teachers hosted a joint rally against white supremacy and gun violence with […]
Thursday, May 31, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today joined almost 50 Tulsa civil rights attorneys, religious leaders, members of law enforcement, elected officials and activists in sending a letter to Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum and City Council Chair David Patrick calling for reforms to the Tulsa Police […]
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 | news
Today, LDF led 21 other civil rights and education organizations in releasing a joint statement concerning equitable education during the COVID-19 pandemic school closures and beyond. The statement provides promising practices and recommendations to school administrators, teachers, parents, education and civil rights advocates, and policymakers and focuses on five areas requiring attention to ensure student success: […]
Monday, July 27, 2020 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (The Leadership Conference) today sent letters to both the House and Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, and the House Oversight and Reform Committee calling on them to conduct public oversight hearings […]
Tuesday, August 1, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights & Worker Rights Groups Seek to Defend Landmark EEOC Criminal Records Guidance in Texas Federal Lawsuit To protect and expand employment opportunities for millions of Americans with arrest or conviction records, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”), the National Employment Law Project, and […]
