American History

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,969 posts) Mon Nov 13, 2023, 07:11 AM Nov 2023

On November 13, 1957, the Longview, Texas, chapter of the NAACP refused to disclose its membership.

The officials were jailed the next day.

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65 years ago today, the NAACP stood up against government attempts to force to disclose their membership.

In 1958, in NAACP v. Alabama, the US Supreme Court found such forced disclosure laws unconstitutional under the 1st Am right to association.

🔴⚫️🟢💪🏾👊🏾⚖️❗️Exactly 65 years ago on 11/13/57, officials in the Longview, TX chapter of the NAACP refused to snitch on their members. And despite being jailed shortly thereafter, they still refused to snitch. Check out this little known story of NAACP heroism:

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Mon Nov 14, 2022: On November 13, 1957, the Longview, TX chapter of the NAACP refused to snitch on its members.

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On November 13, 1957, the Longview, Texas, chapter of the NAACP refused to disclose its membership. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP

This, even after McCarthy's blacklisting campaign had been shut down Zambero Nov 2023 #1

Zambero

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1. This, even after McCarthy's blacklisting campaign had been shut down

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Mon Nov 13, 2023, 08:10 AM

Nov 2023

Things didn't change for the better in the Jim Crow region, and then-Senator LBJ had not yet emerged to go on record as a civil rights champion. States' rights and absolute autonomy of local law enforcement were the order of the day. It's unsettling that so many on the right are intent on reverting back to that era.

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