Former Obama civil rights head to lead civil rights group

By Kelly Cohen

Published March 23, 2017 7:20pm ET

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Former Obama civil rights head to lead civil rights group — Gupta, 42, will take control of the organization on June 1, according to a statement from the group. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) | Tony Dejak

The former head of the Civil Rights Division in the Obama administration’s Department of Justice will now run the nation’s largest civil and human rights coalition.

Vanita Gupta, a longtime civil rights litigator, will become the first woman to be the president and chief executive of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The coalition represents 200 national groups.

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