OUR MISSION
Our mission is to achieve equity, political rights, and social inclusion by advancing policies and practices that expand human and civil rights, eliminate discrimination, and accelerate the well-being, education, and economic security of Black people and all persons of color.
PITTSBURGH BRANCH HISTORY
The Pittsburgh Unit of the NAACP was organized in 1915 in the home of Attorney William H. Randolph. Among those present during the first meeting were NAACP founder W.E.B DuBois, James Weldon Johnson, and Walter White. Since its founding, the Pittsburgh NAACP has intently focused on racial disparities in economics, health care, education, voter empowerment, and the criminal justice system while also continuing its role as a legal advocate for civil rights issues. Yet the real story of the nation's most significant civil rights organization lies in the hearts and minds of the people who would not stand idly by while the rights of America's darker citizens were denied. From bold investigations of mob brutality, protests of mass murders, segregation, and discrimination, to testimony before congressional committees on the vicious tactics used to bar African Americans from the ballot, it was the talent and tenacity of the NAACP members that saved lives and changed many negative aspects of American Society.
PRESIDENTS CLUB
A LIST OF ALL PRESIDENTS OF THE PITTSBURGH BRANCH
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William h. Randolph, Esq
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Judge Homer S. Brown
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Joseph W. Givens, Esq.
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Jeanne Scott Rhodes
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Richard Jones , Esq
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Bishop Charles H. Foggie
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Byrd R. Brown, Esq
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Rev. H. Beecher Hick , Jr
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Churchill Kohlman
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Leon W. Howard, Jr
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Harvey Adams, Jr
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Rev. Thomas E. Smith
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Tim Stevens
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M. Gayle Moss
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Constance Parker
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Richard Steward, Jr
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Johnnie L. Miott
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Daylon A. Davis