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LDF Reflects: 57 Years After Brown

The Editors — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:36:47 +0000

Today marks the fifty-seventh anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, a case litigated by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) and considered one of the most important in the nation’s history.

Jack Greenberg Honored by ‘The American Lawyer’

The Editors — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:15:08 +0000

By The Editors
“I have often been asked how a white lawyer from the Bronx came to a career devoted to the rights of black people, a career where he would work mostly with black lawyers and leaders. There is one simple answer and another, deeper one.”

‘The Color of Justice’ Brings Landmark Case to Life

The Editors — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:32:13 +0000

By TaRessa Stovall A courageous eight-year-old black girl. A warrior for justice in racially segregated 1950s America, when "separate but equal" was the law and bigotry the order of the day. Playwright Cheryl L. Davis brings the true-life drama of the landmark case Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas to the stage for student and family audiences across the nation.

Moving Education Forward

The Editors — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:01:28 +0000

The Story Behind the Photo In September of 1950, Gregory Hayes Swanson (center) registers for classes at the University of Virginia Law School. Swanson was the first African American student to be admitted to the University of Virginia Law School in its 131-year history. Four years before the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. [...]