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Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Formation1950 (1950)
Founders
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., United States
Maya Wiley
Websitecivilrights.org

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is an American coalition of more than 240 national civil and human rights organizations and acts as an umbrella group for American civil and human rights. Founded as the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) in 1950 by civil rights activists Arnold Aronson, A. Philip Randolph, and Roy Wilkins, the coalition has focused on issues ranging from educational equity to justice reform to voting rights.

The Leadership Conference is the oldest and largest civil rights coalition; member groups have included the American Civil Liberties Union, the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Sierra Club, and United Steelworkers.[1][2] The Leadership Conference has historically focused on bias and hate reduction,[3] census and data equity,[4] educational equity,[5] fair courts,[6] justice reform,[7] technology,[8] and voting rights, among other issues.[2] Positions, policies and decisions are made by the conference by majority consent.[9]

Chairpersons of the coalition have included Wilkins, Bayard Rustin, Benjamin Hooks, Dorothy Height, and Judith L. Lichtman. Senior executives have included Aronson, Ralph Neas, Wade Henderson, and Vanita Gupta.

  1. ^ Nirappil, Fenit (December 25, 2015). "Longtime civil rights leader Wade Henderson to leave his post next year". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ a b Nakamura, David (March 8, 2022). "Maya Wiley, former de Blasio aide, hired to helm Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ Meckler, Laura; Barrett, Devlin (January 5, 2021). "Trump administration seeks to undo decades-long rules on discrimination". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ Wang, Hansi Lo (October 28, 2023). "A GOP plan for the census would revive Trump's failed push for a citizenship question". NPR.
  5. ^ Stanford, Libby (March 8, 2023). "With No Action From Biden, House GOP Seeks to Ban Trans Girls From School Sports". Education Week.
  6. ^ Contreras, Russell (May 18, 2023). "Biden's push for more Latino federal judges". Axios.
  7. ^ Diaz, Jaclyn (February 28, 2023). "Deaths in custody are a crisis, and data on them is a black hole, a new report says". NPR.
  8. ^ Contreras, Russell (September 7, 2023). "First look: Civil rights group starts center to monitor AI for hate speech". Axios.
  9. ^ Williams, Lena (August 17, 1987). "Washington Talk: Leadership Conference on Civl Rights; An Administrator of Many Hats and Colors". The New York Times.

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