National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [Program from the 24th annual conference of the NAACP]

GLC06135.07

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GLC#
GLC06135.07-View header record
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
22 June 1933-2 July 1933
Author/Creator
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Title
[Program from the 24th annual conference of the NAACP]
Place Written
Chicago, Illinois
Pagination
1 v. : 20 p. : Height: 21.7 cm, Width: 10.1 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
The Great Depression

Lists Chicago NAACP officers and committee members. Cites meeting locations. Lists times for business sessions and mass meetings during the conference. Page 19 contains the lyrics for the song "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," written by the diplomat, writer and musician James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938). Mentions speeches given by such notables as activist Mary White Ovington, one of the founders of the NAACP, and reformer Jane Addams, founder of Hull settlement House and future winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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