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New Orleans, Louisiana. TEL: 504-822-8512. FAX: 504-821-3131. President. Atty. Danatus N. King Sr. Website. neworleansnaacp.org. The New Orleans Branch is the oldest continuously active branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [1] south of Washington D.C. It was formally chartered on July 15, 1915.
Starting in March 1960, the local NAACP chapter began to sponsor weekly meetings at local black churches to keep their members informed about ongoings in the broader civil rights movement. [51] Around this time, many young activists in the city were interested in replicating the Greensboro sit-ins , [ 3 ] a nonviolent protest that had begun in ...
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. [4][5][6] Over the ...
September 19, 2024 at 12:15 PM. The NAACP is planning a major mobilization and education campaign aimed at Black voters for the 2024 election. The NAACP plans to spend $20 million encouraging ...
The NAACP’s Macon-Bibb County chapter, members of the county election board and voters like Patricia Kitchens have expressed multiple concerns over the past year about accessibility issues at ...
A Tallahassee City Commission candidate forum sponsored by the Tallahassee Branch of the NAACP and progressive groups Monday night devolved at times into an angry free-for-all, sparking fiery ...
The NAACP Youth Council is a branch of the NAACP in which youth are actively involved. In past years, council participants organized under the council's name to make major strides in the Civil Rights Movement. Started in 1935 by Juanita E. Jackson, special assistant to Walter White and the first NAACP Youth secretary, [1] the NAACP National ...
Amzie Moore (September 23, 1911 – February 1, 1982) was an African-American civil rights leader and entrepreneur in the Mississippi Delta. He helped lead voter registration efforts. His former home is a Mississippi Landmark. A historical marker commemorates its history. [1] It is now a museum and interpretive center.