San Bernardino NAACP

Title: San Bernardino NAACP
Description: W.S. Johnson, a longtime civil rights leader in San Bernardino, assisted with the establishment of the San Bernardino Chapter of the NAACP. Additional founders of the San Bernardino NAACP include Ralph Johnson, Johnson Mason, and Thomas G. Hamilton. An early meeting took place in April 1919, with 57 members joining. On March 11, 1920, the San Bernardino NAACP chapter received its official charter and hosted an inaugural event at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. At the time of the official charter, 248 members joined the San Bernardino chapter. Today, the San Bernardino NAACP remains committed to helping the local community flourish.
Date: 1920
Creator: The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
Format: Information Sheet
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Rights Holder: The Bridges That Carried Us Over