Cecil County NAACP Organized in 1962

Cecil County NAACP organized
The organization of the Cecil County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

As the Cecil County NAACP prepares to celebrate 50 years of civil rights advocacy a Window on Cecil County’s Past has checked the old newspapers for that year for information.  The Cecil Democrat carried a front page story, but nothing was found in the Cecil Whig.

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In February 1962, the Cecil Democrat announced the organization of the Cecil County branch of the NAACP. A front page photo showed the officers meeting to organize at Wright’s AME Church in Elkton. McKinley Scott of North East was the Vice-President; Mildred Johnson of Elkton was the treasurer and Rev. H. R. Curtis, Elkton, President; and Laurie Loper Charlestown was the secretary.

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