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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Highlights of NAACP History – 1909-1974

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.173.01 Author/Creator: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: February 1975 Pagination: 48 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "Highlights of NAACP History – 1909-1974," dated February 1975. Item outlines summaries of NAACP's history against race discrimination. Includes pertinent legal cases, Supreme Court rulings, organization highlights, and a photo essay.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, 1868-1963
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
Evers, Medgar, 1925-1963
Evers-William, Mylie, 1933-

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