History & Achievement
Since 1909, the NAACP has maintained a legendary legacy for fighting legal battles to win social justice for all Americans — many of the most significant of which were fought and won under the leadership of Charles Hamilton Houston and his student and protégée, Thurgood Marshall. Marshall went on to make even more history, serving as the 96th justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991 as its first African-American justice.
The NAACP Legal Department maintains an active docket of Civil Rights cases, frequently in conjunction with a team of cooperating lawyers around the nation. These lawyers work daily in the courts alongside the Legal Department to address Civil Rights violations and forge the way in the fight to prevent the erosion of Civil Rights law across our nation.
Please note: The NAACP may provide legal information to concerned citizens, but does not provide legal advice. For legal advice, please consult a local attorney.
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NAACP Legal Staff
Janette McCarthy Wallace
Interim General Counsel
Michele McCollum
Associate General Counsel
Anson C. Asaka
Associate General Counsel
Anna-Kathryn Barnes
Assistant General Counsel
Lanita Ross
Special Assistant to the General Counsel
Tia Lawson
Paralegal Specialist
Lillian Davis
Legal Support Specialist