Carol Lani Guinier was an American educator,legal scholar,and civil rights theorist. She was the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School,and the first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship there. Before coming to Harvard in 1998,Guinier taught at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for ten years. Her scholarship covered the professional responsibilities of public lawyers,the relationship between democracy and the law,the role of race and gender in the political process,college admissions,and affirmative action. In 1993 President Bill Clinton nominated Guinier to be United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights,but withdrew the nomination.
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund,Inc. is an American civil rights organization and law firm based in New York City.
Gwendolyn L. Ifill was an American journalist,television newscaster,and author. In 1999,she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with Washington Week in Review. She was the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor,with Judy Woodruff,of the PBS NewsHour,both of which air on PBS. Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 vice-presidential debates. She authored the best-selling book The Breakthrough:Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.
Constance Baker Motley was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Jack Greenberg was an American attorney and legal scholar. He was the Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1961 to 1984,succeeding Thurgood Marshall. He was involved in numerous crucial cases,including Brown v. Board of Education,which ended segregation in public schools. In all,he argued 40 civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court,and won almost all of them.
Hillcrest High School is a four-year public high school in Jamaica Hills,Queens,New York City. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education.
Robert Lee Carter was an American lawyer,civil rights activist and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The Brandeis Medal is awarded to individuals whose lives reflect United States Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis' commitment to the ideals of individual liberty,concern for the disadvantaged and public service.
Nathaniel Raphael Jones was an American attorney,judge,and law professor. As general counsel of the NAACP,Jones fought to end school segregation,including in the northern United States. From 1979 until 1995,he served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit before assuming senior status,and in 2002 retired to resume a private legal practice.
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is a national non-profit civil rights organization formed in 1968 by Jack Greenberg to protect the rights of Latinos in the United States. Founded in San Antonio,Texas,it is currently headquartered in Los Angeles,California and maintains regional offices in Sacramento,San Antonio,Chicago,and Washington,D.C.
Julius LeVonne Chambers was an American lawyer,civil rights leader and educator.
Elaine R. Jones is an American civil rights attorney and activist. She joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) in 1970 and in 1993 became the organization's first female director-counsel and president.
Bill Lann Lee is an American civil rights attorney who served as Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton.
John A. Payton was an African-American civil rights attorney. In 2008,he was appointed the sixth president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund serving in that post until his death. Prior to this,he was a partner at the law firm WilmerHale for 20 years.
Ifill is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ian F. Haney López is an American legal scholar who is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at UC Berkeley School of Law. He works in the area of racism and racial justice in American law.
Jacqueline Ann Berrien,often known as Jackie Berrien,was an American civil rights attorney and government official. From 2009 to 2014,Berrien served as chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under President Barack Obama. Prior to this,Berrien had served as Associate Director Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall was an American civil rights activist and was married for 25 years,until her death,to Thurgood Marshall,lead counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund,who also managed Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Following her death,her husband was later appointed as the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Janai Nelson is an American lawyer,who currently serves as the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF).
Natasha Clarise Merle is an American lawyer from New York who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
