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On July 16, 1974, Atkins was named interim president of the Boston branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. [18] He was elected to a full two-year term on December 18, 1974. [19] As a Boston's NAACP President, Atkins was a central figure during contentious battle over desegregation busing in Boston. [2]
In 1911 Trotter's group and the NAACP both held rallies in Boston to mark the centennial of abolitionist Charles Sumner's birth. [67] Trotter was peripherally involved with the NAACP for a few years, but he did not approve of the amount of white involvement in the interracial group.
Paul Parks (1923–2009), the first African-American Secretary of Education for the state of Massachusetts; also a civil rights activist, and president of the Boston NAACP; Deval Patrick (born 1956), 71st governor of Massachusetts (was educated in Boston, worked in Boston) M. Lee Pelton (b. 1950), president of Emerson College
Ruth Batson, in her work with the Boston Branch of the NAACP, spearheaded the effort for school desegregation in Boston. Jean McGuire , executive director of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO, Inc.) and the first female African American to gain a seat on the Boston School Committee at Large right after the Boston ...
Florence LeSueur was the first to head a Boston-wide education committee under the NAACP. [3] [better source needed] From 1948 until 1951 she served as the president of the Boston branch of the NAACP, and was the first woman president of a branch in the nation.
The convention begins Wednesday; activities include a block party on Friday, and panel discussions during the weekend.
The Boston African American National Historic Site, in the heart of Boston, ... (NAACP) founded, attracting many black and white Bostonians. 19th century population
NAACP is a nonpartisan civil rights group. Group supporters posed for photos amidst big-screen TVs, and said they hoped Costco noticed the increased spending following their visit. "This isn't a ...