NAACP NYCHA

Our History

National Association

for Advancement of Colored People

Founded in 1909, by a multiracial group of progressive thinkers, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a non-profit organization established with the objective of insuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority groups. The NAACP has as its mission the goal of eliminating race prejudice and removing all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes.

This mission is accomplished by seeking the enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights, and by informing the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination.

NAACP NYCHA Branch -New York City Housing Authority

The New York City Housing Authority Branch traces its origin to April 1969. An ethnically diverse group of Housing Authority employees committed to the mission and goals of the NAACP commenced the process to establish a NAACP Branch. It was largely through the efforts of Simeon Golar, a NYCHA Board Member appointed by Mayor John V. Lindsay that the NYCHA Branch of NAACP was formed. Eva Jones, Aaron Daar, Fred Lyttle, and Louie Glickhouse were a few members of the original organizing committee.

The First Elected Officers of the NYCHA Branch were:

Paul L. Crawford – President

Meyer Levitan – Vice President

Euguene Lattimer – Treasurer

Blanca Cedeno – Secretary

Samuel Granville – Membership Secretary

Members of the W.E.N.K.R.O.Y. Club, Inc. were instrumental in recruiting many NAACP members and helped establish the viability of the Branch.

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NAACP NYCHA Branch -New York City Housing Authority

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