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Starting on December 5, 1955, NAACP activists, including Edgar Nixon, its local president, and Rosa Parks, who had served as the chapter's Secretary, helped organize a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. This was designed to protest segregation on the city's buses, two-thirds of whose riders were black.
Rachel Dolezal. Nkechi Amare Diallo (born Rachel Anne Dolezal; [a] November 12, 1977 [fn 1]) is an American former college instructor and activist known for presenting herself as a black woman despite being born to white parents. She is also a former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter president.
Robert F. Williams. 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.
Aliane Murphy-Hasan, a lifetime member and former vice president of the Sacramento chapter, said state NAACP leaders were concerned with the findings of the annual audit of the local branch, but ...
Hines is a well-known community advocate in Petersburg and serves as the president of the city's NAACP. ... Local NAACP president drops fight against ouster from local Democrats. Show comments.
Derrick Lee Foward (born April 26, 1968) is an American social activist and leader in the US civil rights movement. He is the 34th President of the Dayton Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He is the youngest person to lead the local organization. Foward was first elected president on November 12 ...
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 ...
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.