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 ...
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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 ...
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Who is Fred D. Gray, civil rights activist, and former Alabama State Representative
Fred Gray is a renowned Civil Rights Attorney hailing from Montgomery, Alabama. Gray is often best ...
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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The State Bar of Texas rescinded a speaking invitation to the NAACP’s president after the civil ...
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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 moreDetailsLDF sues US Department of Education over ‘Dear Colleague’ letter and certification requirement
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s attempts to prohibit and chill ...
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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 ...
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Who is Thurgood Marshall, the first Black US Supreme Court Justice
Marshall was the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice. He served as Associate Justice from 1967-1991 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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