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- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch abbreviation "NAACP New Orleans Branch".
- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch abstract "The New Orleans Branch is the oldest continuously active branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People south of Washington D.C. It was formally chartered on July 15, 1915. However, prior to that time, there had been organizational efforts underway to affiliate with this new national civil rights organization which had first organized in New York City in 1909. In 1911, Emanuel M. Dunn, Paul Landix, Sr. and James E. Gayle wrote to the NAACP national office to obtain more information about this "new abolition movement." Apparently, the locals did not wait for formal action from the national office, but proceeded to organize without official sanction. In any case, a surviving copy of the program for the 1917 Annual Meeting indicated that the Branch had been meeting, even without official authorization, since 1911. The January 1916 issue of The Crisis reported that a Branch had been organized in New Orleans. H.C. Casa Calvo and Louis G. King were listed as founding president and secretary respectively. There were twenty founding members. It has been reported that the Branch formally organized in the facilities of Tulane Avenue Baptist Church which was ministered by Rev. Eugene Walter White, who served as one of the early presidents. Tulane Avenue B.C., now Tulane Memorial B.C., met on Tulane Avenue between Claborne and Derbigny Streets. Early members of the Executive Committee (1917) were: Dr. E.W. White, President; L.B. Vigne, Vice President; E.M. Dunn, Secretary; N.B. Flott, Treasurer; Dr. E.T.M. Devore; Dr. E.J. Vincent; Ms. C. Richards; Charles Byrd; Dr. J.H. Thomas; Dr. W.A. Willis; B.N. Petty; Alexander Mollay; and James E. Gayle. In addition, there were several active committees which included: Membership, Finance, Press, Legal Redress, Grievance, and Education.One of the Branch's earliest actions was the presentation of a petition containing more than 5,000 signatures to Mayor Martin Behrman protesting the use of Negro women prisoners as street cleaners. The Branch could do little more than protest since only a handful of Negroes were registered to vote. Most black voters had been removed from the rolls by the end of the 19th century. While there had been nearly 135,000 black voters across the state in 1896, by 1910, there were less than 1,000 black voters throughout the state. Plessey v. Ferguson which gave legal approval to racial segregation bore much bitter fruit for the future. It would take many years of bitter tears and unending toil and even innocent lives to undo the effects of this decision.".
- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch formationDate "1915-07-15".
- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch formationYear "1915".
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- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch purpose ""To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination."".
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- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch abbreviation "NAACP New Orleans Branch".
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- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch headquarters New_Orleans.
- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch headquarters "2475".
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- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch headquarters "FAX: 504-821-3131".
- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch headquarters "TEL: 504-822-8512".
- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch leaderName Atty._Danatus_N._King,_Sr..
- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch leaderTitle "President".
- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch name "New Orleans Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People".
- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch purpose ""To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination."".
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- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch comment "The New Orleans Branch is the oldest continuously active branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People south of Washington D.C. It was formally chartered on July 15, 1915. However, prior to that time, there had been organizational efforts underway to affiliate with this new national civil rights organization which had first organized in New York City in 1909. In 1911, Emanuel M. Dunn, Paul Landix, Sr. and James E.".
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- NAACP_New_Orleans_Branch name "New Orleans Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People".