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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Who Will Lead the NAACP?

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.180 Author/Creator: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1975 Pagination: 58 p. : Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 13.9 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "Who Will Lead the NAACP?" dated 1975. Includes a statement by Nathaniel S. Colley Sr., a candidate for Chairman of the National Board of Directors of the NAACP. Essays within the publication pertain to housing, black nationalism, a legal case in California ending school desegregation, and advocating for Colley's qualifications for the position of Chairman.

Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Colley, Nathaniel S., 1918-1992
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Miller, Loren, 1903-1967
Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, 1868-1963
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784

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