Wednesday, June 01, 2005

NAACP Legal Defense Fund receives $1 million gift from Deltas

NAACP Legal Defense Fund receives $1 million gift from Deltas: "NAACP Legal Defense Fund receives $1 million gift from Deltas

WASHINGTON, D.C. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. has pledged a million dollars to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) to support its voting rights work.
Sorority President Louise Rice made the presentation to LDF Director-Counsel and President Theodore M. Shaw on May 17, the 40th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, the landmark case argued by LDF founding Director-Counsel Thurgood Marshall before the U.S. Supreme Court. The gift was presented at the Delta headquarters in Washington, D.C. and awarded in the name of Shaw's predecessor and Delta member Elaine R. Jones.

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