Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Megan Ming Francis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington and is also the Field Director for History and Political Development at the Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR). Francis specializes in the study of American politics, social movements, and the development of […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 | staff
Kesha Moore, PhD, is a Senior Researcher and Development Specialist with LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute. Prior to joining LDF, Dr. Moore was an Associate Professor at Drew University, where she taught Sociology of Race & Ethnicity, Urban Sociology, Engendering Prisons and Social Movements as well as created numerous campuses-community connections that engaged faculty, students, and […]
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 | board-of-directors
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Monday, July 2, 2018 | scholarship-rec
On September 11, 1963, Henrie Monteith Treadwell, along with two other courageous students, seized the opportunity to change the dark traditions of segregation at the University of South Carolina and became the first African American students to attend the university. With the help of her Aunt Modjeska Simpkins, a civil rights activist, and her lawyer, […]
Friday, March 21, 2025 | page
Louisiana’s quiet force for change in the fight for fair election maps Dr. Alice Washington on Her Unwavering Commitment to Fair Representation for Black Louisianians By Erin Donaghue When Dr. Alice Washington cast her ballot in Louisiana’s District 6 Congressional election in November 2024, she felt excitement and hope in the air. For the first […]
Monday, December 7, 2020 | case-issue
On September 3 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in support of plaintiffs challenging New York City’s Third Party Transfer (TPT) Program. The brief focuses on the racially discriminatory nature of the program and its impact on […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 | news
Born to service. That’s the phrase that comes quickly to mind when recalling the particulars of the career of Representative Donald M. Payne, D-N.J., who died yesterday morning at the age of 77. That is what he preached. That is what he practiced, first, on the streets and in the neighborhoods of his birthplace of […]
