Series A: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1913-1940 and Series B: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1940-1950 focus on the legal battle to achieve unrestricted access to the best available education.

Series C: Legal Department and Central Office Records, 1951-1955 contains files on the subject of education for the period between 1951 and 1955.The NAACP secured the landmark constitutional ruling in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and moved aggressively to integrate America's public schools.

Series D: General Office Files, 1956-1965 focuses on the desegregation of public schools, a major priority for the NAACP since the 1930s.