Sunday, Oct 26, 3:00pm at Shiloh AME Zion Church, 779 Henderson Ave, SINY 10310

Co-hosted by Staten Island OutLOUD and the Staten Island Chapter of the NAACP.  We’ll explore local history as we consider the founding of the SI Chapter of the NAACP.  We’ll honor the founders, we’ll examine the NAACP-SI Chapter’s history, we’ll focus on the Chapter’s current work and we’ll look ahead to the future

Our afternoon gathering on local Staten Island civil rights history will interweave music, poetry and themes in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird    Pictured above: (L) William A. Morris, Founder of the Staten Island Chapter-NAACP, (R) NAACP National Organization, founded in 1909 by a coalition of Americans, including W.E.B. DuBois,  Ida B. Wells, Oswald Garrison Villard, Henry Moskowitz, Mary White Ovington, William English Walling, Lillian Wald, Archibald Grimke, among other leaders.