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at Prd os f am .- -l- NY 100-7629 Ai CON NYA DETAILS: For the purpvose of brevity, the National Asso a for the Sdvancement ef Colored People will henceforth be referred to as the NAACP. All informants utilized in this report have furnished reliasle :cnformation in the past unless otherwise indicated. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE NAACP AQTATH ne From a pamphlet publicly distributed by the NAACP entitled "How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began,” a history was obtained. The NAACP atart~ ed when MARY WHITE OVINGTCH, its first mewber, wet with WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING, a columnist, during tie first week of January in 1909, in a small room of a New York apartment. The first conference was held on the evening of May 30, 1999, at Cooper Union, New York City. Over 1,000 guests were invited and the initial conference was considered a success, It was not until the second conferetce, held in May, 1910, that the group organized a permanent body to be known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Its Pirst officers were listed as follows: MOORFIELD STOREY, National President WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING Chairman of the Executive Committee JOHN BE) RILHOLLAND Treasurer OSWALD GARRISONWILLARD, Disbursing Treasurer FRANCES “BLASCOER, Executive Secretary Dr. W.E.B, DU BOIS, Director of Publicity and Research