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THREAD: Jean Fairfax, one of the unsung heroes of the #CivilRights movement, was a vital leader at @NAACP_LDF. Rarely, receiving recognition for her work, here are few of the many issues Fairfax championed.pic.twitter.com/YLslruY2N4
As the creator of the Divison of Legal Information and Community Service at LDF, the School Desegregation Task Force was one of the core programs. The task force operated in hundreds of communities and was an instrumental program for rural and southern Black families.pic.twitter.com/Md0VhtmLow
The main imperative of the Task Force was to inform Black families that they could send their children to previously white schools. By 1965, the Task Force enrolled over 4,000 Black students in previously white schools.pic.twitter.com/gUcfin8CUd
In 1972, Fairfax penned her report on the controversy of school busing. Her report attempted to bring “facts and reason” to the issue. She found that “busing for integration…has not required a major reallocation of scarce funds and has usually been accepted once...implemented.”pic.twitter.com/mEzwfkyaeW
Fairfax recognized the effects poverty has on a child’s education. Her testimonies before Congress were critical in getting legislation passed to make the School Lunch Program more inclusive and reach the children who need it the most.pic.twitter.com/mafMPhaQJY
Jean Fairfax was a champion for children and #CivilRights. Her accomplishments and advocacy helped pave the way for leaders who followed in her footsteps. Read more on Fairfax’s career and the reports she authored here: http://bit.ly/2NCCxqK pic.twitter.com/0U6fkibY6t
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