The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) was founded in 1950 by three giants of the civil rights movement — A. Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP; and Arnold Aronson, a leader of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council. It is the nation's premier civil rights coalition, and has coordinated the national legislative campaign on behalf of every major civil rights law since 1957.

LCCR consists of more than 192 national organizations, representing persons of color, women, children, labor unions, individuals with disabilities, older Americans, major religious groups, gays and lesbians and civil liberties and human rights groups. Its mission: to promote the enactment and enforcement of effective civil rights legislation and policy.

As a 501(c)(4) organization that engages in legislative advocacy, LCCR receives most of its operating support from its member organizations, the annual Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award Dinner and foundation, corporate and individual contributions. LCCR is committed to a cost-effective, results-oriented central operation that unifies and furthers the efforts of its member organizations.

A recently revised strategic framework and enhancement of the organization's core functions promises to increase LCCR's strong record of legislative achievement. What remains unchanged is the mission to which the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights remains steadfast: uniting all Americans as one nation true to its promise of equal justice, equal opportunity and mutual respect.