LDF sues US Department of Education over termination of ‘Equity Assistance Center’ grant
The Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. ...
Read moreDetails
Tag: NAACP advocacy in 2025
NAACP attorneys urge federal panel to reject SBEC’s proposed DeSoto County map
Civil rights attorneys representing the Mississippi NAACP are urging a federal court to reject the state’s ...
Read moreDetails
Civil rights groups sue NYPD over “racially discriminatory” database
A coalition of five civil rights and legal organizations filed a putative class-action complaint today challenging ...
Read moreDetails
LDF files lawsuit against US Department of Education on behalf of education research organizations over halt to demographic data collection
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the ...
Read moreDetails
NAACP leader disinvited from speaking at Texas State Bar Juneteenth event
The State Bar of Texas rescinded a speaking invitation to the NAACP’s president after the civil ...
Read moreDetails
NAACP education lawsuit cites Waterloo schools’ withdrawal from UNI Black reading event
In a complaint filed in Washington, D.C., the largest U.S. civil rights group faulted the Trump administration ...
Read moreDetails
LDF and Lambda Legal call on US Naval Academy to reinstate 381 removed books
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Lambda Legal sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Superintendent Yvette M. Davids urging ...
Read moreDetails
LDF sues Madison County Commission in Alabama for violating Black voters’ rights
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb filed a lawsuit against the Madison ...
Read moreDetails
LDF files briefs defending law firms against Trump administration’s legal profession executive orders
The Legal Defense Fund filed amicus briefs on Friday, April 11, in support of law firms ...
Read moreDetails
Federal judges hear arguments from NAACP, Mississippi state officials over new legislative districts
A federal three-judge panel did not indicate whether it would accept the state Legislature’s plan to ...
Read moreDetails
Get informed on African American politics with "Black Politics Now," your ultimate source for political engagement.
