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Exclusive: NAACP joins lawsuit against Arkansas LEARNS Act in attempt to fight anti-DEI efforts

April 15, 2024
“The NAACP will continue to use every tool” to fight, the organization said. Published by ABC News By Beatrice Peterson April 15, 2024, 3:54 PM ET The Arkansas State Conference
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From left front: Gisele Davis, Chandra Williams-Davis, Ruthie Walls, Sadie Belle Reynolds and Jennifer Reynolds are five of the seven plaintiffs challenging Section 16 of the Arkansas LEARNS Act in federal court. Mike Laux (at podium) is one of their attorneys and filed the lawsuit Monday, March 25, 2024 before hosting a news conference at Bullock Temple CME Church, across the street from Little Rock Central High, where Gisele and Sadie Belle are students in Walls’ AP African American Studies course. (Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)

Central High families, teacher file federal lawsuit over Arkansas LEARNS Act ‘indoctrination’ ban

April 12, 2024
BY: ANTOINETTE GRAJEDA AND TESS VRBIN – MARCH 26, 2024 5:00 AM A federal lawsuit filed Monday challenges the constitutionality of a section of the LEARNS Act that prohibits “indoctrination” in Arkansas schools and asks
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The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are (seated at table, from left) Gisele Davis, Chandra Williams Davis, Ruthie Walls, Sadie Bell Reynolds and Jennifer Reynolds. Photo by Brian Chilson for the Arkansas Times.

Central High plaintiffs sue Sanders, Oliva over targeting of AP African American Studies

April 12, 2024
BY Jeannie Roberts ON March 25, 20245:57 pm in the Arkansas Times A federal lawsuit challenging a state law against “indoctrination” in the classroom was filed Monday against Gov. Sarah
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Lawsuit filed against LEARNS Act claims it’s unconstitutional

April 12, 2024
Author: Ashley Godwin (THV11) Published: 10:12 PM CDT March 25, 2024 Updated: 10:12 PM CDT March 25, 2024 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Attorney Mike Laux has now filed a lawsuit against Governor Sarah
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The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are (seated at table, from left) Gisele Davis, Chandra Williams Davis, Ruthie Walls, Sadie Bell Reynolds and Jennifer Reynolds. Photo by Brian Chilson for the Arkansas Times.

Central High plaintiffs sue Sanders, Oliva over targeting of AP African American Studies

April 12, 2024
BY Jeannie Roberts ON March 25, 20245:57 pm in the Arkansas Times A federal lawsuit challenging a state law against “indoctrination” in the classroom was filed Monday against Gov. Sarah
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IN MEMORY: Lawrence Ellison, brother of Eugene Ellison, sits on the new memorial bench.

Memorial bench dedicated for Eugene Ellison, killed by LR police

August 1, 2022
BY Max Brantley ON November 4, 2016 2:07 pm The city of Little Rock today dedicated a memorial bench to Eugene Ellison, killed in a 2010 confrontation in his apartment
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