Saturday, September 30, 2023 | news
Media Contacts Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org ACLU Media, media@aclu.org Kari Elgin, ACLU of Louisiana, kelgin@laaclu.org Washington, D.C.—Yesterday in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, plaintiffs filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court of the United States asking for the process of selecting […]
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm of Cozen O’Connor, and Ronald L. Wilson, a veteran Louisiana civil rights attorney, delivered arguments in a longstanding voting rights case, Fusilier, et. al v. Landry. LDF and co-counsel are urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold trial court decisions that cure […]
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a response to Waller County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that LDF brought on behalf of five Prairie A&M University (PVAMU) students who are demanding early voting opportunities like those that the County provides to its older, white residents elsewhere in the County. LDF contends […]
Thursday, July 16, 2020 | news
Yesterday, the Southern District Court of Texas ruled that Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) students and a PVAMU student-organization will have their day in court to demonstrate why Waller County’s November 2018 early voting schedule violated the U.S. Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In fall 2018, the NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 | page
Black Poll Workers Need Protecting to Keep America’s Democracy Working By Ishena Robinson Deputy Editorial Director Black people have long served as guardians of a democracy that continues to marginalize them. This critical and increasingly risky election work mandates sustained investment and support. I proudly cast my first ballot in an American election in the […]
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 | page
Black Justice, Black Joy Dreaming Bigger in the Fight for Civil Rights By Lindsey Norward Senior Staff Writer For weeks following the horrific murder of George Floyd in May 2020, protesters took to the streets, their hands clasped onto signs as their feet marched along the pavement. Brimming with passion and energy, the sounds of […]
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 | news
“As I take the measure of my life and experience, it is, at a personal level, a story of struggle and triumph. With the support of family and community, I overcame the limits of racial exclusion, discrimination, and poverty to become a leading civil rights lawyer and ultimately a federal judge. Brown v. Board sits […]
Thursday, February 13, 2014 | news
LDF celebrates the life and work of Jean Fairfax, one of the unsung heroines of civil rights movement. A great humanitarian, organizer, strategist and activist, Mrs. Fairfax served as the Director of Community Services at LDF from the 1960s through 1984, where she was instrumental in organizing among black families and parents in school desegregation cases. […]
Thursday, February 4, 2016 | news
Milestones in LDF’s Fight for Voter Equality In this first “Throwback Thursday” (#tbt) installment of our “Civil Rights, Equality, and Justice: Then & Now” series for Black History Month 2016, we will take a look at two voting rights milestones in the LDF decades-long fight for voting rights and political participation nationwide. Then: Smith v. […]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 | news
LaShonn Tomlinson always had dreams of becoming a Chicago firefighter, but while working at Amtrak’s Union Station storage yard, those dreams often passed him by. “For years, I would see the new candidates running down Canal Street, and I’d be wondering when it would be my turn,” said Tomlinson, 38. “But I never got the […]
