NAACP Board of Directors Meeting-May 1957
Item
Title
NAACP Board of Directors Meeting-May 1957
Description
NAACP Secretary Roy Wilson attempted to persuade the Board of Directors not to file an appeal after Judge Otis T. Dunangan placed a permanent injunction on the organization in the State of Texas v. NAACP case. Despite the injunction, the NAACP was still allowed to operate within the state. The board went against Wilson's request and filed an appeal with the Tyler courts. However, it was withdrawn the following February.
Subject
NAACP secretary advises board against appeal.
Source
Meeting of the Board of Directors. Papers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. University of Publications of America (Bethesda, Maryland). May 1957.
Publisher
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date
1957-05