- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- W. W. Law (1923-2002)
- Creator:
- Elmore, Charles J.
- Date of Original:
- 2004-01-23
- Subject:
- African American political activists--Georgia--Savannah
Postal service--Employees
Letter carriers--Georgia--Savannah
Segregation--Georgia--Savannah
Race discrimination--Georgia--Savannah
Savannah (Ga.)--Race relations
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Savannah
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Savannah
Georgia--History--20th century
Civil rights--Georgia--Savannah
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Savannah - People:
- Law, W. W. (Westley Wallace), 1923-2002
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about W. W. Law, crusader for justice and the civil rights of African Americans. He served as president of the Savannah National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter from 1950 to 1976 and came to be widely known as "Mr. Civil Rights." He was involved in the NAACP Youth Council while in high school and attended Georgia State College before and after being drafted into the army to serve in World War II. Law spent many years as scoutmaster of Troop 49, First Bryan Baptist Church, where he also taught Sunday school. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a mail carrier for more than forty years before retiring in the 1990.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/w-w-law-1923-2002/
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "W. W. Law (1923-2002)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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