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When the state NAACP challenged school districts in LaGrange and Waxahachie to test their separate but equal schools in Federal courts, Kirk was enlisted to help. He made extensive studies in both districts and provided expert witness testimony in the Waxahachie Independent School District case, where the judge ruled in the NAACP's favor.
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.
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.
Lulu (or Lula) Belle Madison White (August 31, 1900 [1] – July 6, 1957) was a teacher and civil rights activist in Texas during the 1940s and 1950s. [2] In 1939, White was named as the president of the Houston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) before becoming executive secretary of the branch in 1943. [3]
In Waxahachie, a judge ruled that Black women could vote in the 1918 primary. [68] In Houston, around 500 Black women were able to register to vote after threatening a lawsuit from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Former Vice President Kamala Harris accepts the chairman's award during the 56th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Teresa Haley, the top official of the Illinois NAACP, is under fire from the state’s governor and others after a leaked video call with NAACP leaders around the state appears to show her ...
Waxahachie (/ ˌ w ɒ k s ə ˈ h æ tʃ i / WOK-sə-HATCH-ee) is the county seat of Ellis County, Texas, United States. Its population was 41,140 in 2020. [ 8 ] The city was founded in 1850, and incorporated in 1871.