Wade Henderson

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name=Wade Henderson
birth_date=Birth date and age|1948|4|12|mf=y|

Wade Henderson is president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and counsel to the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund.

Early years

Henderson graduated from Howard University and the Rutgers University School of Law (Newark) and was previously Washington bureau director of the NAACP and associate director of the Washington national office of the American Civil Liberties Union.

His many awards include the Congressional Black Caucus Chair's Award; the District of Columbia Bar's William J. Brennan Award; and the Everett C. Parker Award from the Office of Communication, Inc. of the United Church of Christ.

Leading LCCR

Under Henderson’s leadership, LCCR has become a defender of civil and human rights; the organization currently works on election reform, federal judicial appointments, public education reform, prevention of hate crimes, criminal justice reform, and immigration and refugee policy.
* [http://www.civilrights.org/library/advocacy-letters/testimony/nclb-achievement-gap.html Testimony on NCLB reauthorization]
* [http://www.civilrights.org/press_room/press-releases/statement-of-wade-henderson-on-pryor-nomination.html Statement of Wade Henderson on Pryor Nomination ]
* [http://www.civilrights.org/library/advocacy-letters/testimony/written-testimony-of-wade.html Written Testimony of Wade Henderson on Civil Rights Enforcement]