Read a PDF of our statement here.  The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Janell Byrd-Chichester as Director of LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute. Janell is returning to LDF after having previously served as Assistant Counsel from 1987-2001. During her previous LDF tenure, she litigated school desegregation … Continue reading Janell Byrd-Chichester Joins TMI Staff as New Director