# American Alliance for Equal Rights The **American Alliance for Equal Rights** is a nonprofit led by [[Edward Blum]] that sues programs open only to people of a particular race or ethnicity. It describes itself as "a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to challenging distinctions made on the basis of race and ethnicity in federal and state courts." In August 2023 it sued Atlanta's Fearless Fund over a $20,000 grant contest for businesses led by Black women, and the fund settled and closed the contest in September 2024. It has since sued the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (December 2025) and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (April 2026) over scholarships limited by ethnicity or race. > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. ## Connections - [[Edward Blum]]: founder and leader - [[Section 1981]]: the 1866 civil rights law behind its suits against private programs