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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People American Rights for American Citizens, Annual NAACP Report Forty-First Year

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.126 Author/Creator: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: June 1950 Pagination: 94 p. ; 21.5 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled "American Rights for American Citizens, Annual NAACP Report Forty-First Year," dated 1950. Highlights an award given to Ralph J. Bunche; current conditions of housing; relationship between the NAACP, the church, and the armed services; the 40th annual convention; lynchings in 1949; and finances.

Bunche, Ralph, 1904-1971

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