About Us
History
Founded on July 7, 1944, the Anne Arundel Branch of the NAACP is the oldest civil rights organization in Anne Arundel County. The fight for racial justice continues. The fight for equality has taken on a new face; however, the struggle continues. Let us move forward with determination and enthusiasm to eliminate injustice and inequality for all people.
Founded on July 7, 1944, the Anne Arundel Branch of the NAACP is the oldest civil rights organization in Anne Arundel County. The fight for racial justice continues. The fight for equality has taken on a new face; however, the struggle continues. Let us move forward with determination and enthusiasm to eliminate injustice and inequality for all people.
Mission
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
Freedom Grove
The NAACP Freedom Grove is a monument, which is dedicated to all of the Presidents of the Anne Arundel County, Maryland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) that served in the twentieth century.
The local branch of the NAACP is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in Anne Arundel County. The national NAACP was started in 1909 and thirty-five years later the local branch was formed.
Its presidents during the twentieth century have included the late Constance Y. Brown, Dr. Jean Womack Creek, Reverend John T. Chambers, Sr., Father David H. Croll, Alderman Samuel Gilmer, Mrs. Lulu Hardesty, Dr. Theodore Johnson, community activist Gerald Stansbury, Reverend Leon H. White, Reverend Stephen I. Tillett, and Jacqueline Boone Allsup.
The NAACP Freedom Grove is a monument, which is dedicated to all of the Presidents of the Anne Arundel County, Maryland branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) that served in the twentieth century.
The local branch of the NAACP is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in Anne Arundel County. The national NAACP was started in 1909 and thirty-five years later the local branch was formed.
Its presidents during the twentieth century have included the late Constance Y. Brown, Dr. Jean Womack Creek, Reverend John T. Chambers, Sr., Father David H. Croll, Alderman Samuel Gilmer, Mrs. Lulu Hardesty, Dr. Theodore Johnson, community activist Gerald Stansbury, Reverend Leon H. White, Reverend Stephen I. Tillett, and Jacqueline Boone Allsup.