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National Equal Justice Awards Dinner

We are All Brown: Celebrating the Case that Transformed America America

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Defending LGBTQ+ Rights: Landmark Cases and Advocacy

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Justice in Public Safety

Protecting Protestors is Protecting Democracy: Police Violence and Protests

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LDF Events

Brown v. Board at 70: A Year of Celebrating the Case that Transformed America

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LDF Reports

Democracy Defended: Lessons Learned from the 2022 Midterm Elections and the Path Ahead for the 2024 Election

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LDF at Work

Defending LGBTQ+ Rights

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Litigation

Challenging California's Death Penalty System: Confronting Racial Bias in Capital Punishment Sentencing Schemes

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Equal Protection Initiative (EPI): Defending and Advancing Equal Opportunity

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Litigation

North Carolina v. Bacote: The Death Penalty and the Need for Racial Justice Acts

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Learn More about LDF's Work to Protect Voting Rights and Support Black Political Engagement.

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Redistricting News and Resources

POST-2020 REDISTRICTING

Redistricting News and Resources

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Local Elections

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Protecting Black Communities from COVID-19 Fallout

COVID-19

Protecting Black Communities from COVID-19 Fallout

Count Me In: Guide to 2020 Census

Census 2020

Count Me In: Guide to 2020 Census

Prepared to Vote 2020

Voting Rights

Prepared to Vote 2020

Voting with a Felony Conviction in FL

Voting Rights

Voting with a Felony Conviction in FL

Natural Hair Discrimination

Equal Justice

Natural Hair Discrimination

LDF Urges Senate to End Use of Consent Packages that Fast-Track Judicial Nominees

Judicial Nominees

LDF Urges Senate to End Use of Consent Packages that Fast-Track Judicial Nominees

LDF Testifies Before Congress on Voter Suppression Crisis Post Shelby

Voting Rights

LDF Testifies Before Congress on Voter Suppression Crisis Post Shelby

LDF Supports Commission on Reparations for African Americans

Congress

LDF Supports Commission on Reparations for African Americans

LDF Sends Letter Urging Jeff Davis County to Reopen Polling Place Precinct

Voting Rights

LDF Sends Letter Urging Jeff Davis County to Reopen Polling Place Precinct

LDF Releases Water/Color: A Study of Race and the Water Affordability Crisis in America’s Cities

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LDF Releases Water/Color: A Study of Race and the Water Affordability Crisis in America’s Cities

LDF Testifies on Major Election Reform and Voting Rights Bill Before Congress

Voting Rights

LDF Testifies on Major Election Reform and Voting Rights Bill Before Congress

54th Anniversary of Selma March

Civil Rights

54th Anniversary of Selma March

LDF Leadership Featured in HuffPost

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LDF Leadership Featured in HuffPost

District Court Rejects Citizenship Status Question for 2020 Census

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District Court Rejects Citizenship Status Question for 2020 Census

LDF Argues Against Attempt to Reverse Integrated Education in Hartford

Education

LDF Argues Against Attempt to Reverse Integrated Education in Hartford

2018 Midterm Elections Special Bulletin

Voting Rights

2018 Midterm Elections Special Bulletin

LDF Responds to Report of Efforts to Undermine Legal Status of Transgender People

Equal Justice

LDF Responds to Report of Efforts to Undermine Legal Status of Transgender People

recent news

June 27, 2024

LDF Reflects on Supreme Court Decision Sending Case Regarding Federal Requirement for Hospitals to Provide Emergency Care to Pregnant People Back to Lower Courts

June 20, 2024

Florida Supreme Court Issues Decision Confirming that Anti-Protest Law Cannot Be Used to Prosecute Non-Violent Protestors or Bystanders

June 14, 2024

LDF Mourns the Loss of Reverend James M. Lawson Jr., Groundbreaking Civil Rights Leader

June 13, 2024

Supreme Court Rejects Challenge Brought by Anti-Abortion Advocates Attempting to Limit Access to Abortion Medication

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