NAACP ― Gallery

(24860) NAACP, Members, Fight for Freedom Dinner, 1960

eclemens — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:46:10 -0400

Members of the NAACP pose for a picture during the Fight for Freedom Dinner at the Latin Quarters, Detroit, Michigan.

Left to right, Front: Dr. Wendall Cox; Harry Golden; Mrs. Marguerite Belefonte; Dr. DeWitt Burton

Left to right, Back: Damon J. Keith; Governor G. Mennen Williams

(323) Ford Strike, Dearborn, Michigan 1941

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 07:33:53 -0400

NAACP Detroit Youth Council Sound Truck broadcasts to the pickets at the Ford Rouge Plant during the at the 1941 strike, Dearborn, Michigan. It is assumed that Horace Sheffield is at the wheel.

(DN_1119) NAACP, Pickets, Housing Discrimination, Detroit, 1963

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:10:05 -0400

Members of the NAACP picket the apartment building at 647 W. Warren for discriminative housing practices, Detroit, Michigan.

(DN_1119_1) NAACP, Pickets, Housing Discrimination, Detroit, 1963

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:05:56 -0400

Members of the NAACP picket the apartment building at 4762 Second Street for discriminative housing practices, Detroit, Michigan. At right is Jackson (Jackie) Vaughn, III.

(DN_1122) NAACP, Pickets, Housing Discrimination, Detroit, 1963

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:26:51 -0400

Demonstrators picket the General Motors Building to protest discriminative hiring practices, Detroit, Michigan.

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

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 07:56:49 -0400

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

(8787) NAACP, UAW, Ford Strike, Dearborn, 1941

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 07:30:10 -0400

Men in the picket line outside of the Ford Rouge plant and police officers on horseback pause to listen to the broadcast from the NAACP Detroit Youth Council sound car during the 1941 Ford Strike, Dearborn, Michigan. It is assumed that Horace Sheffield is behind the wheel of the sound car.

(DN_1127_1) NAACP, Pickets, Housing Discrimination, Detroit, 1963

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:39:06 -0400

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket outside of the Open Occupancy Hearing at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan.

(24839) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Capitol, Lansing, 1960

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:13:24 -0400

Members of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP demonstrate on the steps of the State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan.

(24840) NAACP, Demonstrations, Housing Discrimination, Detroit, 1962

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:13:24 -0400

Members of the NAACP’s Housing Committee create signs in the offices of the Detroit Branch for use in a future demonstration.

(24847) NAACP, Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth, Detroit, 1960

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:11:25 -0400

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket the F.W. Woolworth store at 6565 Woodward Ave. and West Grand Boulevard in an effort to force the store to allow integrated lunch counters, Detroit, Michigan.

(24841) NAACP, Demonstrations, Housing Discrimination, Detroit, 1962

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:12:31 -0400

Members of the NAACP’s Housing Committee create signs in the offices of the Detroit Branch for use in a future demonstration.

(24842) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Capitol, Lansing, 1960

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:12:31 -0400

Members of the Detroit Branch of the NAACP line up outside of their headquarters as they await the buses that will take them to a mass demonstration at the State Capitol in Lansing.

(24843) NAACP, Demonstrations, Arthur Johnson, State Capitol, Lansing, 1960

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:12:31 -0400

Arthur Johnson addresses the crowd during a mass demonstration on the steps of the State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan.

Second from left is Rev. James E. Wadsworth, Jr., pastor of St. Mark's Community Church. Third from left is Rev. Nicholas Hood, pastor of Plymouth Congregational church. Fourth from left is Edward M. Turner, president of the Trade Union Leadership Council and future president of the Detroit NAACP. At front a woman holds a poster that reads "REMEMBER ... MACK PARKER," a reference to the lynching of Mack Charles Parker at Pearl River County, Miss., on April 24, 1959.

(24844) NAACP, Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth, Detroit, 1960

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:12:31 -0400

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket the downtown F.W. Woolworth store in an effort to force the store to allow integrated lunch counters, Detroit, Michigan.

(24845) NAACP, Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth, Detroit, 1960

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:11:25 -0400

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket the downtown F.W. Woolworth store in an effort to force the store to allow integrated lunch counters, Detroit, Michigan.

(24846) NAACP, Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth, Detroit, 1960

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:11:25 -0400

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket the Gratiot Ave F.W. Woolworths store in an effort to force the store to allow integrated lunch counters, Detroit, Michigan

Note: In the background the Gratiot Central Market is in view.

(24848) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Capitol, Lansing

eclemens — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:48:32 -0400

Demonstrators stand on the steps of the State Capitol in Lansing to celebrate the landmark Supreme Court decision of “Brown v Board of Education.” The event took place during the Michigan State Conference of NAACP Branches.

(24849) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Capitol, Lansing

eclemens — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:11:25 -0400

An unidentified speaker addresses demonstrators on the steps of the state capitol as they celebrate the landmark Supreme Court decision of “Brown v Board of Education,” Lansing, Michigan. The event took place during the Michigan State Conference of NAACP Branches. In the foreground a choir is visible.

(24850) NAACP, Demonstrations, State Captiol, Lansing