National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 19th annual report NAACP for the year 1928

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GLC#
GLC06135.04-View header record
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
January 1929
Author/Creator
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Title
19th annual report NAACP for the year 1928
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 v. : 48 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 15.2 cm

Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1929, including President Moorfield Storey. Foreword commemorates twenty years of NAACP activity. Reports on legal cases such as that of Robert Bell and Grady Swain, two boys sentenced to death on a flimsy charge; and Ben Bess, who was serving a thirty-year sentence based solely on a woman's shaky accusation. Also includes reports on several other cases. Includes a section devoted to civil rights, which contains segments discussing voting, theater discrimination, school segregation, and other area-specific topics. Includes a report on lynching and a financial report. Closes with a segment from the Department of Publications and Research.

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