(NAACP.) Charter to the Members of the Scranton, Pennsylvania Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Document Signed. NAACP emblem at head of the sheet in blue; red seal at bot-tom left. 1 page, 19.5 x 13.5 inches;

(NAACP.) Charter to the Members of the Scranton, Pennsylvania Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Document Signed. NAACP emblem at head of the sheet in blue; red seal at bot-tom left. 1 page, 19.5 x 13.5 inches; framed. [New York]: NAACP, 16 July 1928 E800/1,200 SIGNED BY MARY WHITE OVINGTON, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND JAMES WELDON JOHN-SON, SECRETARY. The NAACP of which Ovington was a founder, began in New York City, 1910. This early charter shows the organization's rapid influence and spread to a nationwide level. [SEE ILLUSTRATION]