Joliet Branch # 3018
The Joliet Branch of the NAACP was founded in 1941. Claude Wilson, businessman, was the Branch’s first President. The Branch was founded to specifically confront hiring practices at the Joliet arsenal: “Blacks were used to dig ditches, but excluded from the jobs in the offices and on the assembly lines.” Dr. D.A. “Dovie” Harris served as President in the early 1960s at a time when women were not allowed membership in other civic clubs in Joliet. Other Presidents included Verne Dillon, Joliet Council on Human Relations founder and Joliet’s first Black City Councilman, elected in 1965, and Raymond Bolden, longtime Civil Rights activist and retired Circuit Court Judge. |
Mission Statement
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. Vision Statement The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race. Objectives The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution - the principal objectives of the Association shall be:
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Executive Team
Branch President - Mike Clark
Secretary - Luvenia Betts
Judy Easley - Vice President
Marcus Mars - 2nd Vice President
Chandra Allgood-Foster - Treasurer
Branch President - Mike Clark
Secretary - Luvenia Betts
Judy Easley - Vice President
Marcus Mars - 2nd Vice President
Chandra Allgood-Foster - Treasurer