The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund recently launched a civil rights lawyer scholarship program as a pipeline to “address racial injustice and inequality in the South." NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano spoke with Associate Director-Counsel, Janai Nelson about the program and its significance in the current political climate.
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