LDF 2020 2020 Case Overview

Unprecedented Challenges Political Participation 35.1% & Inspiring Moments cases

Criminal th This year, as LDF entered its 80 year of commitment to racial justice and civil and human Justice filings 28.5% rights, we faced one of the most unpredictable and challenging years in our nation’s history. A year that began with LDF challenging the Trump Administration over its Muslim Ban and Law Enforcement Commission ended with suing President Trump and his campaign over attempts to disenfranchise Black voters. In between, LDF was forced to add a new category of policy and Economic litigation work focused on the impact of COVID-19, championed the rights of protesters during a 26% historic summer filled with demands for change and accountability, and fought to protect Black Justice filings voters and their ballots, while also helping recruit over 40,000 poll workers. LDF was able to do so by building off its 80-year legacy — the lessons learned, the victories earned, and the lives changed. COVID-related 11.5% LDF’s mission has always been transformative: to achieve racial justice, equality, and an inclusive filings society. But 2020 was like no other. Our communities were faced with many challenges, not the least of which have been the ongoing, disproportionate impact of COVID-19 and its effects on health, housing, education, and employment. Through it all we persisted, forcing this country to grapple with some of its toughest truths. As we begin to pivot to the challenges and opportunities Education 2021 will bring, we take this time to look back on this tumultuous year and reflect on what we filings 14% have achieved and what it means for our collective future.

Breakdown of Highlighted Cases 2020 Highlights Political Participation Economic Justice

Education Criminal Justice Milestones Filing: Filing: COVID related case Fuisiler et al. v. Landry Thomas v. Andino — LDF — Black Voters Defend and ACLU File Federal Lawsuit Win Voting Rights Win in Federal Challenging South Carolina Appellate Court Requirements That Put Voters at Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic Political Filing: Texas Democratic Party v. Texas officials — LDF Files Participation Filing: Emergency Amicus Brief to Protect Texas Voters at Risk Gruver v. Barton — Case: Filing: Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Voting With A Felony Trump v. New York — LDF Files Conviction In FL Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Case Highlights Administration’s Memorandum Excluding Undocumented People from 2020 Census Count Filing: 2020 Filing: People First v. John Merril Power Coalition for Equity and (AL) — LDF, SPLC, and ADAP Justice v. John Bel Edwards — File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Unprecedented Challenges LDF Files Federal Lawsuit Chal- Filing: Alabama’s Lack of Safe and lenging Louisiana Voting Require- Accessible Voting During Jones v. DeSantis — Federal & Inspiring Moments ments That Put Voters at Risk COVID-19 Pandemic Trial Concludes in Challenge to Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Florida Law that Undermines Voter Restoration

Filing: Filing: Prairie View A&M v. Texas — Since its founding in 1940, LDF has been a pioneer NAACP v. United States Postal Filing: Black Student Voters Granted Day in Court to Fight for in the struggle to secure and protect the voting Service — LDF and Public Citi- zen File Lawsuit on Behalf of the Michigan Welfare Rights Accessible Early Voting rights of Black Americans. LDF has been involved in NAACP Against the USPS to Sus- Organization, et al. v. Trump nearly all of the precedent-setting litigation relating pend Implementation of Postal and Trump Campaign — LDF to minority voting rights. LDF’s political participation Service Changes Ahead of the Files Lawsuit Against President November Election Trump and the Trump Campaign’s group uses legal, legislative, public education, and Attempts to Overturn the Election advocacy strategies to promote the full, equal, and by Disenfranchising Black Voters active participation of Black Americans in America’s in Michigan democracy. SCOTUS Ruling: Filing: Historic Agreement Comcast v. National Association People’s Water Board Reached: of African-American Owned Coalition et al., v. City of NAACP Legal Defense and Media — Supreme Court Detroit — Civil Rights Coalition Educational Fund and Student Increases Burden for Claims of Files Class Action Lawsuit Borrower Protection Center Race Discrimination Under Crucial Challenging Detroit Water Announce Fair Lending Testing Economic Civil Rights Statute Shutoff Policy Agreement with Upstart Network

Justice Case Learn more about the discriminatory impact of Filing: water shutoffs Francis v. King Parks Manor Filing: Highlights — LDF Files Amicus Brief NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Supporting Black Tenant Whose National Urban League, National Landlord Knew of, but Failed Fair Housing Alliance File Suit to Address, Extreme Racial Filing: Against Trump Administration; 2020 Harassment Perpetrated by African American Policy Forum Another Tenant Henderson et al. v, Vision Launches #TruthBeTold Properties — LDF, ACLU of Campaign Unprecedented Challenges Michigan, National Consumer Law Center, and Michigan Poverty & Inspiring Moments Law Program File Class Action Fair Housing Lawsuit Against SCOTUS Ruling: Vision Property Management for Altitude Express Inc v. Zarda Targeting Black Homebuyers in and Bostock v. Clayton — Home Purchase Scheme Supreme Court Rules Title VII Protects Against LGBTQ Discrimination

Since its founding, LDF has fought for Black Americans to be able to work, live, and thrive without Settlement: racially imposed barriers. In one of our first cases in Fortune Society, Inc v. Macy’s 1940, LDF secured a vital decision that required equal Inc. — Agreement Reached in Filing: Criminal History Screening Case pay for Black and white teachers. Through litigation, McConnell Dorce v. City of advocacy, and public education, LDF’s economic New York — LDF Files Amicus justice practice continues the fight to increase Brief Challenging Racial Impact fairness and equal opportunity for Black Americans in of NYC’s Third Party Transfer Program all aspects of the economy. Agreement: Filing: Win Sheff v. O’Neill — Agreement Arnold Family v. Barbers Reached in Connecticut School Hill Independent School Desegregation Case District — Two High School Students and their Families, Represented by LDF and Education Akin Gump, File Lawsuit to Challenge Barbers Hill Independent School District’s Victory: Discriminatory Hair Policy Equity Case Bradford v. Maryland State Board of Education — Latest Victory in the Bradford Case Championing Learn more about natural hair Highlights State Constitutional Right to discrimination Education 2020 Unprecedented Challenges Filing: Students For Fair Admissions & Inspiring Moments v. Harvard — Harvard Students and Alumni File Amicus Brief to Defend Diversity in Higher Education

As the organization that litigated Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court case that struck down segregation in public schools, LDF has long led the struggle for equal education in the United States. That struggle continues today, both in and outside the courts, where LDF works tirelessly to ensure that every Black student has access to a safe, inclusive, and high- quality education. SCOTUS Ruling: Filing: COVID related case Ramos v. Louisiana — U.S. Uniformed Officers Supreme Court Rules That State Association v. the City of New Win Juries Must Require Unanimous York — Brief Of Amici Curiae Verdicts for Conviction

Criminal Filing: West Philadelphia Protestors Ruling: v. City of Philadelphia — LDF Filing: and Co-Counsel File Lawsuit Justice Case Commonwealth v. Evelyn — on Behalf of Black Residents in Frazier v. Kelley — LDF Files Massachusetts’ Highest Court West Philadelphia Who Endured Complaint against Arkansas Issues Mixed Ruling on Police Militaristic Police Violence Officials Allowing COVID-19 to Seizure of Black Teenager, Setting During Protests Highlights Decimate Prisons New Standards for State Court Review of Cases Involving Youth 2020 and Black Individuals Filing: SCOTUS Filing: LDF v. Barr — LDF Files Lawsuit Unprecedented Challenges Edwards v. Vannoy — LDF SCOTUS Filing: Challenging the President’s Files Amicus Brief Arguing Law Enforcement Commission, & Inspiring Moments that Ramos Ruling Requiring Calvin McMillian v. State of Arguing That It Fails to Unanimous State Juries Should Alabama — LDF Files Amicus Comply with Federal Advisory Apply Retroactively Brief with Supreme Court in Committee Act Requirements Support of Overturning the Judicial Override for Capital Punishment in Alabama And check out the recent Victory: ruling in the case. State v. Robinson — North Carolina Supreme Court Filing: Issues Momentous Decision LDF has always worked to ensure that our nation’s on Death Penalty Racial Louisville Protestors v. City Discrimination Case of Louisville — LDF Files criminal justice laws are administered fairly and Complaint Against City of without regard to race. LDF’s criminal justice Louisville for Military-Style practice uses litigation, advocacy, and public Response to Peaceful Protests education to eliminate racial bias in our criminal justice system. Political participation: Criminal Justice

Prepared to Vote 2020 Voting Rights Microsite Killing of George Floyd Police Union Contract Toolkit 2020 Sherrilyn Ifill on Janai Nelson Joins MSNBC’s TMI DIrector Janell Byrd- President and Director- Safeguarding the 2020 Chuck Todd and Katy Tur to Chichester Discusses Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill Elections Discuss the 2020 Primaries Widespread Civil Unrest Testifies before the House on over the Unlawful Police the Need to Pass the George Milestones Violence and Killings Floyd Justice in Policing Act and Notable Summer of Uprisings: Overview of the Grand Election 2020: Census 2020: Count Me In Police Accountability Jury Proceedings in the Events They Cant. We Can. Platform Breonna Taylor Case

Unprecedented Challenges Poll Worker Recruitment with More Than A Vote Sherrilyn Ifill joins Chris Associate Director-Counsel & Inspiring Moments Hayes to Discuss Decision Janai Nelson Discusses the in Breonna Taylor Case Charges Against Derek Chauvin Notable Events

55th Anniversary of the President Trump’s Selma March Acquittal by the Senate Tributes COVID-19

Passing of John Lewis, LDF Addresses the LDF was active in numerous other Justice Ginsburg, Rev. COVID-19 Pandemic ways outside of the courts, including Nomination and President and Director- Lowery, Drew Days our Prepared to Vote and Voting Rights Confirmation of Justice Counsel named one of Amy Coney Barrett Glamour Magazines Defender projects, numerous research Women of the Year reports, and repeated calls for the TMI Report: Foreclosures, end of the unspeakable killing of and Evictions, and Utilities Cutoffs violence against Black men and women — The Fair Housing Impact of at the hands of police. 80th Anniversary COVID-19 on Black Communities