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NAACP dinner at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, ca. 1945

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Founded in 1913, the Seattle chapter of the NAACP was one of the earliest branches west of the Mississippi. Throughout its history it has organized protest marches, fought discrimination through lobbying and lawsuits, and promoted voter registration and desegregation in Washington State.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Banquets
  3. Seattle
  4. Tableware
  5. Washington (State)

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