NAACP Papers: The NAACP's Major Campaigns: Legal Department Files NAACP Papers: The NAACP's Major Campaigns: Legal Department Files Access information: Access on and off campus. Description: This NAACP module consists of the working case files of the NAACP’s general counsel and his Legal Department staff for the period from 1956 to 1972. The files document the NAACP’s aggressive campaign to bring about desegregation throughout the United States, particularly in the South. In total, this module contains over 600 cases from 34 states and the District of Columbia. The cases in this module pertain to school desegregation, abuses of police procedure, employment discrimination, freedom of speech, privacy, freedom of association, and housing discrimination. This article was published on 2024-08-21
