NAACP litigation strategically pursued civil rights through the courts across many issue areas

Evidence

Following graduation, Marshall enlisted in the efforts of the NAACP to combat racial discrimination. For more than 20 years, as head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, he instituted or managed hundreds of cases challenging discriminatory laws dealing with voting, housing, education, and public accommodations. Several times he successfully pursued these challenges to the Supreme Court. His most important victory came in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, when he persuaded the Court to invalidate racial discrimination in public education. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 888

Categorization

• XREF: Relates directly to the course goal of linking foundational values like equality to doctrine and cases like Brown. — connects to: Interested groups can shape national political agendas by bringing cases to the Supreme Court — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1476; Roe v. Wade resulted from organized litigation campaigns, not happenstance; Civil-rights success came from appealing to the dominant group’s own stated values — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3386 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Civil-rights success came from appealing to the dominant group’s own stated values #qualifies (0.75) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3386