(BPRW) LDF Launches Voter Empowerment Project “Black Voters on the Rise” as the Country Commemorates the Signing of the Voting Rights Act (Black PR Wire) Recently, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced Black Voters on the Rise – an interdisciplinary initiative that works to defend and advance the rights of Black voters and the promise […]
(BPRW) LDF Announces Third Cohort of the Groundbreaking Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (Black PR Wire) Recently, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its third 10-person cohort of the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP). Launched in January 2021, LDF’s groundbreaking pipeline program will endow the South with the next generation of civil rights lawyers trained to provide legal advocacy of unparalleled excellence […]
(BPRW) LDF Statements on Supreme Court Ruling New York State Gun Control Law Unconstitutional (Black PR Wire) The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen that a New York gun control law requiring a person to show “proper cause,” or a special need for self-protection, to carry […]