(6763) NAACP, Panorama, 17th Annual Conference, 1926

Panoramic group picture of NAACP 17th annual conference participants in front of stone church building. Building is rough-surfaced stone with wide shallow arch over entrance and stained glass windows. Inscribed over entrance: “Open for me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them to praise the Lord.” Sign in arched entrance window reads: “Welcome N.A.A.C.P.” Banner on wall reads: “17th annual conference. H[?]” (largely hidden by participants.) Conference participants include Carrie B. Overton, James Weldon Johnson, M.W. Ovington, and Walter White.

Courtesy of the Carrie B. Overton Collection