NAACP Convention Photograph Collection, MS 152

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Abstract:

"NAACP 40th Annual Convention Opening session, Second Baptist Church, Los Angeles, 12 July 1949."

NAACP Convention Photograph Collection, Special Collections, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. © 2007 Trustees of the California State University. All rights reserved.

Collection of black and white photographs taken by an unknown attendee–most likely a delegate–to the 40th annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Convention held in Los Angeles, California, from July 12-17, 1949. Approximately 500 delegates from over 40 states attended the annual conference of America’s oldest civil rights organization. Most photos are informal snapshots depicting the convention’s opening and closing sessions; also included are a few professionally taken group photos of participants as well.

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