Deputy Director, Thurgood Marshall Institute

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) seeks a dynamic, interdisciplinary leader to serve as Deputy Director. This senior role provides operational, strategic, and supervisory leadership across TMI’s archival and library departments, with a heavy focus on social science and research functions.

We are seeking an experienced civil rights strategist and scholar by training, and a strong manager with an advanced terminal degree (Ph.D. required, J.D., and/or MLIS preferred) who is committed to social science research and archival preservation. The Deputy Director will have a demonstrated record of leadership in civil rights history, academic or nonprofit management research, and will work in close collaboration with the TMI Director to advance the Institute’s mission.