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Left to right: Half sister Ommaney Smith, uncle Booker T. Smith, Nelson Linder, president of the Austin chapter of the NAACP, and Eric Meza and T.J. Roberts. ... NAACP condemn UT Austin layoffs of ...
Nelson Linder, president of Austin’s NAACP chapter, said protesting and voting is important and critical to the future of this state. Other officials at the news conference also applauded ...
Nelson Linder, the president of Austin NAACP, said in an interview the local branch is working on "direct action" to protest the administration's decision. Linder said this was "the most racist ...
Nelson Linder, President, Austin NAACP [13] Greg Smith. Organizations. Save Austin Now [14] Proposition A (November) Proposition A was a bond election.
It provided a place for social justice in local Austin media. The paper gave a voice to Central Texas' political activists who were challenging the laws and customs that oppressed people because of "their skin color, religion, sexual choice, gender identity, age, size or income," said Nelson Linder, the president of the Austin chapter of the NAACP.
Rupert Florence Richardson (January 14, 1930 – January 24, 2008) was an American civil rights activist and civil rights leader who served as the national president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1992 to 1995, and as the national president emeritus of the NAACP following her term as president.
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Volma Robert Overton (September 26, 1924 – October 31, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist and president of NAACP's Austin, Texas chapter from 1962 to 1983. [2] [3] He is best known for his legal efforts to end racial segregation in Austin schools. [4] Overton was born in Maha in the rural southeast of Travis County. [4]