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Creator National Association for the Advancement of Colored People State New York

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1. NAACP Membership card

Creator:: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date of Original:: 1959
Collection:: Robert R. Church Family Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

2. Salute and Support the Heroes of the South

Creator:: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Date of Original:: 1956
Collection:: Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1980
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center