National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Texas State Conference of Branches

The NAACP Texas Conference of Branches organizes and finances civil-rights lawsuits and presses for racial equality through litigation. Texas’ first chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP) was established in El Paso in 1915. Texas soon became the largest state representing the NAACP, with thirty-one branches soon grew throughout the state, incorporating over 7,000 members by World War I. In the 1910s and 1920s, high racial tensions and violence against NAACP members resulted in the closure of many state branches. The NAACP Texas State Conference of Branches was founded in 1937 and revitalized the organization in Texas. After World War II, the conference represented over a hundred branches and 30,000 members. In the 1950s and 1960s, the conference legally fought for the desegregation of college, secondary, and elementary education and against discriminatory practices in employment, housing, and the criminal justice system.

Source:

pGillette, Michael L., “National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed on April 7, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ven01.

From the guide to the NAACP Texas Conference of Branches Records 88-229; 88-307., 1953-1973, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

The NAACP Texas Conference of Branches organizes and finances civil-rights lawsuits and presses for racial equality through litigation.

Texas' first chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP) was established in El Paso in 1915. Texas soon became the largest state representing the NAACP, with thirty-one branches soon grew throughout the state, incorporating over 7,000 members by World War I. In the 1910s and 1920s, high racial tensions and violence against NAACP members resulted in the closure of many state branches. The NAACP Texas State Conference of Branches was founded in 1937 and revitalized the organization in Texas. After World War II, the conference represented over a hundred branches and 30,000 members. In the 1950s and 1960s, the conference legally fought for the desegregation of college, secondary, and elementary education and against discriminatory practices in employment, housing, and the criminal justice system.

From the description of NAACP Texas Conference of Branches Records, 1953-1973. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 741379756