NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

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civil rights organization legal advocacy organization nonprofit organization

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is a leading U.S. civil rights law organization renowned for litigating landmark cases, including the school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights organization → legal advocacy organization → nonprofit organization →
alsoKnownAs	LDF → NAACP LDF →
basedIn	United States federal courts →
country	United States →
fieldOfWork	civil rights law → criminal justice reform → economic justice → education equity → racial justice → voting rights →
focusesOn	African Americans → people of color →
formerLeader	Elaine R. Jones → Jack Greenberg → Sherrilyn Ifill → Thurgood Marshall →
foundedBy	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People → Thurgood Marshall →
hasChairperson	Janai Nelson →
hasLeader	Janai Nelson →
hasMotto	Defend. Educate. Empower. →
hasPart	Thurgood Marshall Institute →
headquartersLocation	New York → New York City → United States →
inception	1940 →
legalForm	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization →
method	impact litigation → policy advocacy → public education →
mission	to achieve racial justice, equality, and an inclusive society →
namedAfter	NAACP →
notableWork	Briggs v. Elliott → Brown v. Board of Education → Green v. County School Board of New Kent County → Griggs v. Duke Power Co. → Shelby County v. Holder → Smith v. Allwright → Sweatt v. Painter →
separatedFrom	NAACP →
separationDate	1957 →
website	https://www.naacpldf.org →
worksOn	Voting Rights Act enforcement → employment discrimination → fair housing → police accountability → school desegregation →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Caroline Kennedy → Thurgood Marshall Jr. →	boardMemberOf
Deval Patrick → Thurgood Marshall →	employer
Heman Marion Sweatt ("NAACP Legal Defense Fund") → Heman Marion Sweatt ("NAACP Legal Defense Fund") →	legalRepresentationBy
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ("NAACP LDF") →	alsoKnownAs
Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas →	challengedBy
Briggs v. Elliott →	civilRightsOrganizationInvolved
NAACP ("NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (historical legal arm, now separate)") →	hasPart
Morgan v. Virginia →	involvedOrganization
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County →	leadOrganization
Oliver Brown →	representedBy
NAACP →	separatedFrom
Cecilia Suyat Marshall ("NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorneys") →	workedWith