Voting Rights and the Law with NAACP Legal Defense ...

In 1908, a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, eruptions of anti-black violence – particularly lynching – were horrifically commonplace, but the ...

Do voter identification laws suppress minority voting? Yes. We did ...

As we detail below, our research shows that these laws lower minority turnout and benefit the Republican Party.

N.A.A.C.P. v. N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Educ - Casetext

The continued use of the NAACP initials by the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (the LDF) constitutes a trademark infringement.

History - MALDEF

MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) opened its doors on August 1, 1968 in San Antonio, Texas. Inspired by the civil-rights era ...

Title 52- Voting and Elections- Subtitle I and II - Department of Justice

All citizens of the United States who are otherwise qualified by law to vote at any election by the people in any State, Territory, district, county, city, ...

NAACP LDF launches $40 million civil rights lawyers pipeline program

Named in honor of Thurgood Marshall, LDF's founder and the nation's first Black Supreme Court justice, and Constance Baker Motley, a former LDF ...

Civil Rights Organizations and Connecticut Legislators Call for ...

Lawmakers, civil rights, labor, grassroots, and faith-based groups call for passage of the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA).

League of Women Voters: Home

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our ...

Sarah Seo '23 Selected as Inaugural NAACP Legal Defense Fund ...

Sarah Seo '23 has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Policy Fellowship.

History | LatinoJusticePRLDEF

LatinoJustice PRLDEF is a national nonprofit that's played a profound role in advancing equity and justice for Latinx communities in the US, Puerto Rico and ...

National Civil Rights Organizations - New York State Bar Association

The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties ...

ACLU History | American Civil Liberties Union

In November 1919 and January 1920, in what notoriously became known as the “Palmer Raids,” Attorney General Mitchell Palmer began rounding up and deporting so- ...

140+ National Organizations Urge Senators to Confirm All Pending ...

We write to press the urgency of continuing to build a federal judiciary that lives up to its promise of equal justice for all.

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund - Britannica

MALDEF originated as a law firm born of the lawyers' frustration with the discrimination that Mexican Americans faced within the legal system.

Legal defense fund - Wikipedia

In the United States, a legal defense fund (or LDF) is an account set up to pay for legal expenses, which can include attorneys' fees, court filings, ...

About - NAACP

We are the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice. We advocate, agitate, and litigate for the civil rights due to Black America.

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Commends Court Decision Upholding ...

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, for the second time, a federal court in Washington, D.C. upheld the constitutionality of the heart of the ...

Section VII- Proving Discrimination- Disparate Impact

In Sandoval, however, the Supreme Court held that individuals did not have a right of action to enforce the Title VI disparate impact regulations in federal ...

Practical Tools - American Bar Association

Practical Tools features a collection of ABA training, tools, tips, methods, and other resources related to equity and improvement in the American Justice ...

'We must protect our core': Civil rights lawyer reacts to Trump win

Former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill joins the MSNBC panel to discuss what comes next now ...