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The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909, by a larger group including African Americans W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Archibald Grimké, Mary Church Terrell, and the previously named whites Henry Moskowitz, Mary White Ovington, William English Walling (the wealthy Socialist son of a former slave-holding family), [26] [27] Florence Kelley, a ...
Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893 – March 21, 1955) was an American civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for a quarter of a century, from 1929 until 1955.
The rift with the NAACP grew larger in 1934 when Du Bois reversed his stance on segregation, stating that "separate but equal" was an acceptable goal for African Americans. [229] The NAACP leadership was stunned, and asked Du Bois to retract his statement, but he refused, and the dispute led to Du Bois's resignation from the NAACP. [230]
Mr. Adams recalls spending a lot of time with the family of Hartford's pastor, the Rev. Charles A. Hill Sr., who in the '40s served as president of the Detroit branch of the NAACP. (The Detroit ...
The Stark County chapter of the NAACP appreciates the opportunity to address Black History Month. The NAACP was created on the centennial of President Lincoln's birthday, Feb. 9, 1909, by Black ...
In Chicago, the wealthy former abolitionist Mary Jane Richardson Jones supported the development of several clubs, serving as the first chair of Wells's. [68] [69] Other influential women's club organizers were Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin and Mary Church Terrell. [70] In 1896, the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) was founded. [1]
President of the Chester, Pennsylvania, branch of the NAACP George T. Raymond (May 10, 1914 – May 9, 1999) was an American civil rights leader from Pennsylvania who served as president of the Chester, Pennsylvania , branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1942 to 1977. [ 1 ]
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson.Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917.