NAACP LDF President Honored At Goodbye Dinner
Elaine Jones' Many Accomplishments Noted
Elaine Jones, whose tenure ends May 1 as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, leaves a rich legacy behind after 32 years - the last 11 as head of the group - including winning a landmark death penalty case, securing a presidential pardon for Kemba Smith and getting wrongful drug convictions of Blacks overturned in Tulia, Texas.
Gwendolyn E. Boyd, national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, mentioned Jones' gift of persuasion.
"When Elaine would come to the national convention, where between 15,000 and 20,000 Deltas gathered, she would walk up the mic and say, 'Sorors, I need your help' and we'd just fill in the blank. Then, we'd all start marching. When Elaine speaks, we just start moving. We'd ask a couple of days later, why? When, Elaine speaks, we just start moving.''
And she moved quickly.
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