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Founding and Early Years
William English Walling, a NAACP Founder
William English Walling, Chairman of NAACP Executive Committee (1910–1911) [1906]. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (016.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # ppmsca-23824
Journalist Ray Stannard Baker
William English Walling to Ray Stannard Baker concerning the National Conference on the Negro, February 6, 1909. Typed letter. Ray Stannard Baker Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (017.00.00)
Digital ID # na0017
NAACP Founder Mary White Ovington
Mary White Ovington, ca. 1910. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (020.00.00)
Digital ID # ppmsca-23826
NAACP Leader Oswald Garrison Villard
Oswald Garrison Villard, between 1910 and 1920. NAACP Collection, Prints
Photographs Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
Digital ID # ppmsca-23828
NAACP Founder Charles Edward Russell
Charles E. Russell, between 1920 and 1936. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00)
Digital ID # ppmsca-23825
NAACP leader Bishop Alexander Walters
Bishop Alexander Walters, between 1930 and 1960. Print engraving. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00)
Digital ID # ppmsca-23829
Social Worker Florence Kelley
Florence Kelley. Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1925. Photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (23.01.00)
[Digital ID # cph.3b20591]
Pioneer Nurse Lillian Wald
Photograph of Lillian Wald. Harris & Ewing, between 1905 and 1945. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00)
[Digital ID # hec.19537]
Moorfield Storey
Moorfield Storey, between 1909 and 1929. Photograph. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (027.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # ppmsca.23830]
First Issue of The Crisis
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, November 1910. New York: NAACP, 1910. Journal. General Collections, Library of Congress (026.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0026]
The Pink Franklin Case
Pink Franklin to NAACP Secretary Frances Blascoer concerning his defense, December 5, 1910. Autograph letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0031p1 – na0031p2
Frances Blascoer’s Strategy for Franklin’s Appeal
NAACP Secretary Frances Blascoer to Pink Franklin concerning the appeal of his case, December 24, 1910. Typed letter. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (032.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0032
NAACP Leader Joel Spingarn
Joel E. Spingarn. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # ppmsca-05524
Constitution and By-Laws of the NAACP
Constitution and By-Laws of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1911. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (025.01.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # na0025.01p1
NAACP Leader Arthur Spingarn
Arthur Spingarn. Gelatin silver print. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
Digital ID # ppmsca-23832
Jane Addams’ Appeal
Jane Addams. Has the Emancipation Act Been Nullified by National Indifference, NAACP, 1913. Pamphlet. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0033p1, na0033p2]
The Spingarn Medal
The Spingarn Medal, February 25, 1913. Typescript. NAACP Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # na0034p1, na0034p2]
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