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Russell has spent over four decades in various leadership capacities with the NAACP. [7] [8] Under his leadership, the NAACP has taken on environmental and climate justice as civil and human rights issues. [9] In 2023, Russell presented Congressman Bennie Thompson with the NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) [a] is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.
Roy Ottoway Wilkins (August 30, 1901 – September 8, 1981) was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. [1] [2] Wilkins' most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in which he held the title of Executive Secretary from 1955 to 1963 and Executive Director from 1964 to 1977. [2]
On October 28, 2022, Foward implemented an Awards Show to recognize Daytonians for their exceptional work, and the Dayton Unit NAACP officially launched the Dayton NAACP Hall of Freedom Awards. This was accomplished by the organization transitioning its Annual Freedom Fund Banquet to an Awards Show in the same year the organization turned 107 ...
Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was an American civil rights leader and author best known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and into 1961. He succeeded in integrating the local public library and swimming pool in Monroe. At a time of high racial tension and ...
In a statement, the NAACP announced that Johnson was elected president to guide "the Association through a period of re-envisioning and reinvigoration." [ 2 ] On June 30, 2020, with Mayor Muriel Bowser 's support, the NAACP announced its plans to move its headquarters from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. [ 6 ]
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May 24 – A group of Black leaders (assembled by James Baldwin) meets with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to discuss race relations. May 29 – Violence escalates at NAACP picket of Philadelphia construction site. [24] May 30 – Police attack Florida A&M anti-segregation demonstrators with tear gas; arrest 257, in Tallahassee, Florida. [25]