NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund records, 1915-1968

Organizational History

Date	Event
1910	NAACP undertook its first major legal case
1935	Charles H. Houston retained as special counsel to initiate legal program
1936	Thurgood Marshall named NAACP assistant special counsel
1938	Charles H. Houston resigned as special counsel; Thurgood Marshall named to replace him
1939	NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund established by NAACP board of directors
1940	Thurgood Marshall named NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund executive director
1944	Robert L. Carter appointed NAACP assistant special counsel
1948	Constance Baker Motley appointed assistant special counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
1949	Jack Greenberg appointed assistant special counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
1952	Office moved from NAACP headquarters to 107 West 43rd Street, New York City, N.Y.
1954-1955	Brown v. Board of Education decisions
1956	Interlocking board of directors abolished Thurgood Marshall resigned as NAACP special counsel Robert Carter resigned from Legal Defense Fund position and is named NAACP general counsel
1958	Office moved to 10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y.
1961	Thurgood Marshall resigned as executive director
1961-1984	Jack Greenberg, executive director
1984-1993	Julius Chambers, executive director
1993-2004	Elaine Jones, executive director
2004-2008	Ted Shaw, executive director
2008-2012	John Payton, executive director
2012-	Sherrilyn Ifill, executive director