By Theodore Cross
Driven by strong prevailing shared val­ues about the genetic and biological inferiority of the Negro, virtually all institutions of higher learning in the United States adopted a universal rule of racial exclusion. As to professors and students alike, the rule was: “No blacks need apply.”

By The Editors
Julius L. Chambers, a former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund was honored this week in his native North Carolina in perhaps the most fitting way possible: with a two-day conference intended to identify ways to complete “The Unfinished Work” of the struggle for civil rights.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) Scholarship Programs announced this week that they are accepting applications for the 2011-2012 academic year.

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will celebrate its 70th anniversary at its 24th annual National Equal Justice Award Dinner (NEJAD) on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at the Hilton New York Hotel and Towers in New York.