The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), et al.
Amici Curiae
Theodore M. Shaw, Counsel of RecordThe NAACP, established in 1909, is the Nation’s oldest civil rights organization. Its mission is the advancement and improvement of the political, educational, social, and economic status of minority groups, and the elimination of racial prejudice. It is joined in this brief by the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, which was founded to provide legal services to black persons suffering from racial discrimination. Theodore M. Shaw is an associate director-counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, where he focuses on civil rights, constitutional, and employment discrimination law. He received his law degree…