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May 17 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
Today we celebrate Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas—the landmark case litigated by @NAACP_LDF lawyers on behalf of brave Black families that had the courage to challenge one of the most invidious forms of structural racism in our country: state-sponsored segregation.
#BrownvBoard consisted of 5 consolidated cases from Topeka, KS; Wilmington, Delaware; Summerton, South Carolina; Farmville, Virginia; & the District of Columbia & was part of a strategic legal campaign that began w/ challenges to segregation in higher ed. naacpldf.org/press-release/…
Thurgood Marshall, Constance Baker Motley, Jack Greenberg, Robert Carter, George Hayes, James M. Nabrit & others were principles in mounting this historic legal challenge when the odds seemed insurmountable. But, they saw a way-as we must see one today.

Happy 68th #BrownvBoard!

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Mar 20, 2020
Today, March 20, 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund turns 80 years old. Founded in 1940 by a group of courageous & visionary Black lawyers, incl’g #ThurgoodMarshall, @NAACP_LDF sought to transform a country rife w/ racism & racial inequity w/out a blueprint or roadmap. #LDF80 1/5
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