Elaine Jones ’70 Reflects on Intersectionality and Equality

Elaine Jones
January 29, 2021

Elaine Jones ’70, the Law School’s first Black alumna and the first woman to serve as president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, delivers the keynote address at UVA Law’s MLK Day symposium, “From the Equal Rights Amendment to Black Lives Matter: Reflecting on Intersectional Struggles for Equality.” Dean Risa Goluboff and Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui of the Center for the Study of Race and Law offer introductions.

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