Riverside NAACP

Title: Riverside NAACP
Description: The Riverside Chapter of the NAACP officially chartered on September 26, 1942, with Oscar Stratton serving as the founder and first president. A year earlier, in 1941, in a softball game between Black and White soldiers, a fight ensued, causing racial tension. As stated by Mr. Stratton, Black residents in Riverside prior to the softball game incident did not “feel a pressing need for any organization on its behalf. This was probably because Black people in Riverside ‘enjoyed’ the subtle practice of a type of benign neglect and De Facto segregation” (NAACP Riverside website). Riverside's Black residents were able to experience advancements such as semi-segregated schools, businesses, and home ownership, although this was limited to Eastside Riverside. For 80 years, the Riverside NAACP has continued its fight for equal employment, housing, and education.
Creator: The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project, Rossandra Martinez
Format: Information Sheet
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Rights Holder: The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project