Memorandum, "NAACP Program in Virginia," 1956

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Title

Memorandum, "NAACP Program in Virginia," 1956

Description

Memorandum from the Executive Secretary, Virginia NAACP, to "All Virginia NAACP Branches, Youth Councils and College Chapters," dated October 23, 1956. Contains orders that all Virginia NAACP "units" are to solely focus on "a door-to-door community-wide suffrage program," followed by reasoning: the need to support desegregation-friendly court decisions by voting in elected officials that will carry out those decisions.

Creator

Virginia State Conference, NAACP

Source

RG 18, Personal Papers of Barbara Marx

Date

1956-10-23

Rights

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Format

pdf

Identifier

18_1_1_3_41

Coverage

1950s

Files

Citation

Virginia State Conference, NAACP, “Memorandum, "NAACP Program in Virginia," 1956,” Project DAPS, accessed April 24, 2024, https://projectdaps.org/items/show/762.