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Cornell William Brooks (born 1961) [1] is an American lawyer and activist. He was chosen to be the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in May 2014. He previously served as president of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in Newark, New Jersey , and as executive director of the Fair Housing ...
NAACP representatives E. Franklin Jackson and Stephen Gill Spottswood meeting with President Kennedy at the White House in 1961. At the NAACP, Johnson works closely with the national staff, including Wisdom Cole, the National Director of the NAACP Youth & College Division for the Association. [3] [4]
Russell spent nearly four decades as the Director of the Office of Human Rights for Pinellas County in Clearwater, Florida, retiring in 2012. [4] [5] For his contributions to the improvement of equality and equity across the United States, Russell has received numerous civic awards and citations.
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The NAACP is seeking a federal investigation of deaths in Florida's second-largest county jail system, saying the Broward Sheriff's Office does not adequately monitor inmates or provide them with ...
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Although LDF can trace its origins to the legal department of the NAACP created by Charles Hamilton Houston in the 1930s, [2] [3] Thurgood Marshall founded LDF as a separate legal entity in 1940, which became totally independent from the NAACP in 1957. [1] Janai Nelson serves as the eighth President and Director-Counsel, since March 2022. [4]
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