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Ebony NAACP Life Membership Story

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.065 Author/Creator: Ebony Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: March 1967 Pagination: 4 p. ; 25.3 x 17.8 cm. Order a Copy

One issue of Ebony dated March 1967 entitled, "The NAACP Life Membership Story." Reprinted by the NAACP. Includes a profile of Kivie Kaplan, a main funder for the NAACP, who would be retiring from the post. Sammy Davis Jr. took over as life membership chairman from Kaplan. Photo essay includes images of staff members of the NAACP.

Alexander, Ernest, fl. 1967
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
Basie, William James "Count," 1904-1984
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
Berry, Charles Edward Anderson, 1926-2017
Black, Lucille, fl. 1967
Brooke, Edward, 1919-2005
Checker, Chubby, 1941-
Clark, Kenneth B., 1914-2005
Davis, Sammy Jr., 1925-1990
Domino, Fats, 1928-2017
Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke", 1899-1974
Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003
Jones, William, fl. 1967
Kaplan, Kivie, 1904-1975
Meekins, Ted, fl. 1967
Muse, Edward, fl. 1967
Nail, John B., fl. 1967
Neusom, Dred Scott, fl. 1967
Randolph, A. Phillip, 1889-1979
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

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