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She is also a former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter president. Dolezal was president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, from 2014 until June 2015, when she resigned in the midst of controversy over her racial identity. She was the subject of public scrutiny when her parents publicly stated ...
The Rachel Divide is a 2018 documentary about the controversial life of Rachel Dolezal, also known as Nkechi Diallo, an American woman of white parentage who identifies as black, and was forced to resign as president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington when her race and ancestry were exposed.
Dec. 22—Lisa Gardner recalls a childhood marked by attending NAACP meetings in Spokane with her grandmother Sarah Gardner, an activist and well-known business-owner in Spokane's Black community ...
Watkins was a longtime leader of Spokane's NAACP. Former chapter president Kurtis Robinson said Watkins kept the organization together as president when membership dwindled.
Despite frightful low temperatures forecast to be in the negatives and single digits over the long weekend, Spokane NAACP President Lisa Gardner said she hopes people will brave brief stints ...
The NAACP of Spokane, under Chase, encouraged African Americans to "file their employment complaints with the WSBAD." [11] Though limited in their authority, the WSBAD investigated many claims of unfair employment practices in Spokane. In late 1969, Chase realized that "he was ready to pass the torch to a 'younger' activist with 'fresh ideas ...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Rachel Dolezal resigned as president of the NAACP's Spokane chapter Monday amid a furor over racial identity that erupted after her parents came forward to say she has been ...
The original building at Hartson and Arthur became the home of St. Matthew's Baptist Church, a prominent African-American church in Spokane. [2] The church was used as a meeting location for the civil rights movement in Spokane, and the local NAACP chapter frequently met at the church from the 1950s onward. [4] [5]