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Branch Newsletter
| 2006 OFFICERS:
President McKenzly Wilson
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| 2006 OFFICERS:
2-VicePresident Jack High JR
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| COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
ACT-SO Voter Empowerment Legal Religious Affairs Education Economic Development |
| Cedar Rapids NAACP
Well be starting a membership drive in the month of July. NAACP will be sending out letters and also E-Mailing all business and chruchs. We also will be putting out membership forms at churchs and business. The goal of the Cedar Rapids NAACP is to have over 1,000 members before the end of September. Your jobs as members we ask you to help get out and fine new members. Freedom Fun Banquet Banquet will be in Oct. |
| Our Past & Your Future
Since its inception the NAACP was poised for a long, tumultuous and rewarding history. Although it may be possible to chronicle the challenging and harrowing legacy of the NAACP, the real story of the nation's most significant civil rights organization lies in the hearts and minds of the people who would not stand still while the rights of some of America's darker citizens were denied. From the ballot box to the classroom, the dedicated workers, organizers, and leaders who forged this great organization and maintain its status as a champion of social justice, fought long and hard to ensure that the voices of African Americans would be heard. The legacy of those pioneers such as W.E.B DuBois, Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkens and the hundreds of thousands of nameless faces who worked tirelessly can not and must not be forgotten.. The history of the NAACP, is one of blood sweat and tears. From bold investigations of mob brutality, protests of mass murders, segregation and discrimination, to testimony before congressional committees on the vicious tactics used to bar African Americans from the ballot box, it was the talent and tenacity of NAACP members that saved lives and changed many negative aspects of American society. While much of its history is chronicled in books, articles, pamphlets and magazines, the true movement lies in the faces---black, white, yellow, red , and brown---united to awaken the conscientiousness of a people, and a nation. This is the legacy of the NAACP! |