Application for Charter of The Falls Church, Va. Branch of the NAACP

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Title: Application for Charter of The Falls Church, Va. Branch of the NAACP
Repository: Mary Riley Styles Public Library - Falls Church History Room
Date Created: 6/18/1918
Creator: Colored Citizens Protective League
Recipient: NAACP National Branch
Description: Application submitted by the CCPL in June 1918 to the NAACP for the chartering of the Falls Church Branch of the NAACP. The document includes the list of all members who were attached to the first rural branch of the NAACP, listing their names, locations and occupations. The skilled work of these community members shows the vital and vibrant nature of Black communities in Falls Church and Fairfax County. It reiterates the importance of Black stonemasons like the Tinner family, as they were essential to building early structures in Falls Church. The work of the CCPL in the preceding 3 and a half years, and their ongoing existence in the NAACP also shows the transgressive nature of Black organizing in the face of displacement, slow violence, and racism.
Research Themes: Tinner Hill
CCPL
Falls Church Branch of the NAACP
Fairfax County Branch of the NAACP
NAACP
E.B. Henderson
Walter F. White
Black Organizing
Type: Document
Researcher Name: Jacob Connelly
Relation: Letter from Walter F. White to E.B. Henderson, July 23, 1918.
Bibliographic Citation: Colored Citizens Protective League. “Application for Charter of The Falls Church, Va. Branch of the NAACP,” June 18, 1918. Falls Church History Room. Mary Riley Styles Public Library.

Item sets: NORTHERN VIRGINIA ARCHIVE OF BLACK COMMUNITY RESISTANCE

Media: Application for NAACP Charter_1; Application for NAACP Chater_2; Application for NAACP Chater_3

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