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Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray Receives NAACP LDF’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The 92-year old activist, state legislator, and preacher was honored for his numerous contributions to America’s most important civil rights battles.
05/05/2023
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 07: Sherrilyn Ifill speaks onstage during the NAACP LDF 33rd National Equal Justice Awards Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street on November 07, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for NAACP LDF)

Anonymous Donor Gives $40 Million To Fund 50 Civil Rights Lawyers

The NAACP LDF launched a program with the generous donation.
01/21/2021

Retailer Wet Seal Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

$5.58 million will go to a fund for affected workers.
05/09/2013

James Hood, Student Who Desegregated University of Alabama, Is Dead

Hood made history as one of its first two Black students.
01/22/2013
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Bring That Week Back: Elmo Puppeteer Resigns

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